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Re: List Tolerance (was Re: Politics vs. Actual LBC Content

To: David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>, Ron Soave
Subject: Re: List Tolerance (was Re: Politics vs. Actual LBC Content
From: Mike/Donna Carpenter <mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:51:13 -0500 (EST)
What is the title of this list?  Anything goes?  

I actually like all of the other content.  I am too young to know much about WW 
II planes.  However, I have learned some and want to go for a ride on one.  I 
just have to find one.

Just curious.

MC
-----Original Message-----
>From: David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
>Sent: Feb 13, 2007 12:03 AM
>To: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>, Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: List Tolerance (was Re: Politics vs. Actual LBC Content
>
>>I do not want to start a thread, but I must comment at
>> the backlash to Jackson's comments (I have not been
>> keeping up to date lately due to volume, and saw the
>> thread on his comments well after they were posted).
>
>Ron,
>I disagree. When you posted your remark, which 
>was decidedly insulting and fairly obviously intended 
>that way, I bit my tongue and kept quiet because I 
>feel that your contributions to this list have earned 
>you the right to say a bit more than I am willing to 
>take from some others. On the other hand, when 
>someone who has NOT contributed ANYTHING 
>to the list and who, moreover, has no intention to 
>do so, as evidenced by the fact that he subscribes 
>to the digest form which virtually eliminates any 
>possibility of a timely contribution, takes it upon 
>himself to criticize the content of the List, I see no 
>foul in the responses he drew. I will confess that I
>wrote a rather acrimonious response, but it did not 
>get posted to the list. As Buster so aptly expressed 
>it, we are people who happen to enjoy Spridgets. 
>The List is a social group which, especially in cold
>weather, tends to wander many avenues of thought. 
>Mark has thoughtfully provided a moderated digest 
>just for people like mr zimm. I stand by the remarks 
>I have made as well as the ones I did not post. We 
>are adults here as far as I can tell and responsible
>for what we say. He had every right to say what he 
>did, but we also have every right to express our 
>opinions about his opinion as well as our opinions 
>about your opinion of our opinions on his opinion. 
>Hang on, I think I am getting dizzy here. 
>
>Simple truth of the matter is that none of us have 
>much actual control over the content of this List
>other than Mark B, and ED has shown just how 
>tenuous even that "control" can be. 
>
>By the way, if you search the archives for 
>"Zimmerman", you will find more posts referencing 
>Bob Dylan than you will find from Jackson Zimmerman.
>David Lieb
>


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