[78-L] tolerance

[buster]

This group, by definition, is composed of a higher than average number  
of "eccentrics." That's what we record collectors are, to ourselves at  
least, as has recently been discussed. Outsiders are less kind, often  
(seen "Ghost World" or "American Splendor"?  78 collectors are  
pitiable freaks and outcasts).  We have bombastic pontificators,  
tightwads, endless repeaters, egotists, antisocial hermits, whiners,  
and who knows what else.  I mean, fergawdsakes, if you need any  
evidence just look at Leah's trailer, or go to an ARSC event.

But when somebody needs an obscure matrix number, it's here too. We  
put up with one to get the other, or at least we'd like to hope so.

So if a member is eccentric here in this hopefully safe environment,  
how about a little tolerance, instead of dickishness?  If nothing  
else, it requires fewer keystrokes to hit the delete key than to  
insult someone personally, at length and in public.

-- Buster
Busterdog at mac.com

On Jul 14, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Harold Aherne <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> I'd have to agree here. Someone who moderates another message board  
> that I frequent
> has the guideline "you can say the same damn thing twice, but not  
> three or more times".
> And since this isn't a strictly moderated list, it has to be up to  
> us to occasionally restrain
> ourselves when the temptation comes to get in a tug-of-war with  
> someone over their
> posting habits, record grading standards, sexual history, et al.  
> It's rare that you can change
> someone's long-established likes, dislikes, and overall tendencies  
> soley through a
> discussion group, and I seldom try.
>
> Pax et amor.
>
> -Harold
>
> --- On Tue, 7/14/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Up close and personal ^
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 4:44 PM
>
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>
> For what it's worth, there's a magic button on your keyboard called  
> "delete".
>
> I use it a lot. I'm sure there are those who use it on my messages.  
> That's what
> makes horse races, folks.
>
> dl
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