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Re: In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc...

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc...
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:37:56 -0400
Trevor,
        Can't you at least be civil? (less verbose wouldn't hurt,
either)

Bud Krueger
52TD

Trevor Boicey wrote:

> Nory wrote:
> > Personally, I read every post - I don't want to miss anything,
> whether
> > it's a part for sale that I need, or another novel use for a cat.  I
>
> > read and enjoy it all.
> >
> > Nobody should be so self-centered as to assume this list is for only
>
> > their use and enjoyment, and to hell with what anybody else wants.
>
>   Can you not see the hypocrisy in those two sentences?
>
>   You are saying that you want the list to be a certain
> way and that everyone who doesn't agree should just
> leave.
>
>   Then you say that nobody should be so self-centered
> to think the list is supposed to be their way and
> to hell with everybody else.
>
>   How can you type that with a straight face?
>
>   We are scaring away good people. It was awful
> a while ago, then it was fine. It's starting to
> get there again. (though not as bad as the triumphs
> list, there was a rather snotty poster who said
> some rather condescending things to the list
> as a whole, prompting a 500+ message firestorm
> and at least 10 confirmed signoffs of long term
> listers).
>
>   There are many places to go on the internet for
> light chat about any topic you like. Don't insist
> on shoving it in the face of everyone else on
> this list because you are unable to find them.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey
> Ottawa, Canada
> tboicey@brit.ca
> http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/




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