================================================ Subject: Re: Infighting From: "Tara" To: Date: Fri 15 Feb 2002 17:38:51 -0500 ================================================ There's such a thing as taking a joke too far, and I think that's part of what's happening. I know you and Debbi pretty well, and I know that you both snark for the fun of it. The problem is, new people aren't going to know enough about anyone here to know if they're joking or purposefully being cruel. Even knowing you (and the others who've taken up the snark), I think that some of the responses are rude and out of line. It's a reasonable assumption that hitting reply would send the response to the list - so the person made the mistake of not looking at the "To:" line, that's still no reason to call them an idiot. There's no reason to bash Jim relentlessly when he hasn't even been involved in the discussion at hand. There's no reason to start a fight with a new list member who overreacted to what was essentially a joke. I like and get along with the majority of the people on this list, and I'm not intending to anger anyone. I can understand the bashing of certain people (Beth comes to mind immediately, for those who remember her). But I don't understand why it seems like some of the 'oldies' are trying to run off half of the new people to the list. And I don't understand why some people have to bash others so often that it just becomes cruelty. But again, all of this is just my opinion. <--- obligatory disclaimer adapted from Dennis Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" To: Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Infighting | Yup, it's all in your mind! :-) | | Personally (and those of you who are on Creedtalk KNOW this about me), I | take NONE of this bashing to heart. It's well known on BOTH lists that | if there's bashing to be done (and even if there ISN'T sometimes!), I'm | going to be right in the thick of things in more cases than not. The | only problem with that is that so many people HERE seem to check their | sense of humor at the door, and their sarcasm/snark detector gets | checked along with the sense of humor. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp