Three little mans

[Richard Brekne]

Hi David...

Having been sucked into a couple two three of these "pissing contests" as you
put it I suppose I should be hesitant to speak up, but then you know me...grin.

Sure I aggree with you.. its just so easy apparently to missunderstand when
someone is kidding around and when someone is not. And its really easy to read a
bit to quickly and then fire off some inappropriate response. And of course the
old ego has a habit of getting to much in the way.. But I aggree with your basic
conclusion, and 1000 % with your wish for a more "trappingsless" discourse.

I wasnt really comfortable with one of the responses to her about "winning".  Of
course everyone likes to win....but in the context of this list... I mean thats
not what this list is about... winning and loosing... I would like to think its
more about learning.

BTW Ron O.  I like your style in airing the apology.

RicB


David Love wrote:

> Clearly, English is not Marie's first language.  That is not a crime.  I
> took her comments to mean that the tone of the discourse she was obviously
> trying to follow was getting more personal than substantive and had become a
> bit of a pissing contest.  I tend to agree with her.  The subject is an
> important one, one which I am beginning to explore in depth, and one in
> which there is apparently some disagreement.  I too am interested in hearing
> the different sides articulated clearly without all the trappings.  If the
> purpose of the list is the sharing of information, then I think we should
> take heed of her comments and leave the personal insults out of our
> discourse.
>
> David Love
>
> -

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no