| From: | Geoff Morochnick <bodiam@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Running to GridSec?/Proper Subject lines |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 20:07:20 -0400 |
> I'm not going to go running to got tell on "bob" to GridSec.
"GridSec,
> there's anoooother off-topic posting, make them stooopppp!" <stomps foot>
>
> Not from me. I'd rather tease them with Gong Show references.
>
> Look. Tinner was grumpy and unnecesarily jumped on my case. I got
> defensive, because I thought I was doing the proper thing, as per list
> etiquette. Neither of us behaved as a model netizen should, but a simple
> human beings, prone to errors and mistakes.
>
> <bear with me please>
>
> Truth be told, certain people on this list rub me the wrong way, in varying
> degrees; Drekhead happens to be one of them so I tend to react stronger to
> anything he has to say. I'm sure I'm on a few kill files on this list and
> I'm sure I rub other people, probably Drekhead among them, the wrong way
> too. That's life; not everyone can be like Gurth and be loved and adored
> by everyone (except maybe MC23 <j/k!>).
>
> In other words, we don't all like each other. The ONLY common interest we
> can all be assured of is Shadowrun. When we post something off that topic,
> I understand that not everyone wants to read that message. That's why
> proper subject headers are so critical, not only for the person making the
> posting, but also for the person reading the list. This applies even
> within the province of SR; when the Matrix comes up, my eyes tend to glaze
> over and I go fuzzy. But politics or magic, man, I'm there dude!
>
> But I also know that Shadowrun isn't the *only* interest many of us share.
> Lots of us, across national boundaries, love Babylon 5. Some people like
> this Pratchet author. Authors have fond memories of Bunnicula (while mine
> is extremely foggy on that). It's not a crime to post something about
> these other topics as long as we make it clear that they are clearly
> off-topic, and discussion of them should be limited on the list.
>
> Look, we here at RN are a big giant international dsyfunctional family. We
> all just have to deal with that.
>
> It may be hard for some people to believe, but I do try very hard to not
> just haul off on people; back when I was given the name
> "list.member.grumpy" I lobbed Molotov Coctails around this list like they
> were common water ballons. If you can believe it, I think I might at times
> have put Spike to shame with my incendiary viciousness. And occassionaly I
> have a minor relapse or two, especially when my "etiquette" is called into
> question, as Tinner seemed to do.
>
> Hell, I don't know if you can believe it, but while I was doing my ranting
> about GridSec earlier this week (was it this week or last?) I was also
> trying to be a firefighter/peacemaker over on Plot-D. Things were in grave
> danger of getting ugly because of some TK content a few people found
> objectionable.
>
> I even came up with the solution that seems to have resolved the problem.
> So I'm not always an agitator, looking to cause trouble. Honest.
>
> Anyway, I'm in a better mood now. Couple of good phone calls, the boss is
> happy, and I'm about 3 and a half hours away from the weekend. Beer,
> sleep, video games, walking my cat and NBA play-off basketball. Looking
> forward to that...
>
> Erik J.
<wild applause>
Yay!
</wild applause>
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