Nicely and aptly put JP.
I have been contributing (read sending posts) to the List for about 4
years now. We have periodic disagreements (guns and SUVs was the
most memorable ;-)), but it all seems to calm down as generous people
*do* cut the unwise ones some slack. John has mentioned some of
those generous people, but I know of others.
Whatever the problem we work through it and we get back to what we
really love. But if we were not interested in other subjects, I
don't believe that we would be normal people.
Chris
At 21:48 -0400 17/9/01, John Pendley wrote:
Dear friends,
Bickering is normal amongst family and friends; but this has reached
a stage when I have to choose a side. Maybe some OT posts about
last Tuesday and its aftermath have been ill judged. Perhaps some
of the writers should have thought more before posting angry,
inflammatory, and repeated messages; or perhaps, under the
circumstances, that is far too much to expect. I have been more or
less on the sidelines, but--intemperate or not--I have to
understand, even admire, those people who simply could not hold
there feelings inside. It is not required that I agree with all of
them.
The biggest reason I would not willingly part with this list is the
*people* I've met here. I've said this before, but it seems
elaboration is required now. I've learned something about a truly
generous spirit from Tom Scales and Brian Huber. I've learned more
about photography than everything I ever knew and everything I ever
forgot, combined, from John Lind, along with an unstinting
willingness to share that know-how. I've learned a canny business
sense from Doris Fang (oh, where is Doris when we need her?). I've
learned the technical side of the Oly world, and a good deal about
unselfish help, from Gary Reese. And I've learned that these people
are willing--they even feel it a duty--to repeat the same basic
information, patiently, for each newcomer (and each one, like me,
who knew but forgot). Susan Steele is a friend; all the people I've
mentioned, and many I've neglected to mention simply because my
memory is in pieces, are friends. I'd give a lot to sit down with
any one of you, or better yet, all of you, and have a beer.
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, England.
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