Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:49:27 10/10/00
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On October 10, 2000 at 16:53:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >I have received a complaint via the moderator request form about a number of >long threads containing lengthy arguments. > >Along the lines of "Is this trip necessary..." I would request that people who >want to argue have the following options: >1. Send an email. If the difference is personal and between two individuals, >that would really be the ideal way to settle it. >2. Just forget it. Is it really worth the fuss to try and win the argument? >3. Apologize. Perhaps the ruffled feathers just need a bit of smoothing. It >takes a big person to do that, but I suspect that all of the regulars here are >up to that challenge. >4. Go ahead and post your message. Sometimes, that really is the right thing >to do. Obviously, it's a judgement call. But before you take option #4, (if >the _real_ meat of your reply is an argument) please ask yourself: >"Is this post necessary, or can I take one of those shortcuts..." > >Just a thought, and you're welcome to tell me to go jump in the lake. The Hmmmmm, I hope you're not willing to jump in the lake because of complaints from the "deniens" about arguing and bickering Chess players and programmers. I hate to surprise people, but there will allways be arguing and bickering at CCC, nature of the beast(s). Pete >denizens of CCC are (for the most part) highly intelligent and interesting >people. I suspect that if we apply ourselves, we can find extremely productive >outputs for our creativity. Though I have not given the threads a careful going >over, I can tell by the titles that some people are not happy with one another. >But are the issues really worthy of public argument, or could they be >straightened out in some other manner. > >It's your call. I won't step in unless I get specific complaints. Which brings >up another point: >If you have any specific complaint, please use the moderator request form, give >us the message number, and tell us exactly what it is that is objectionable. >Believe it or not, I can be incredibly dense about that sort of thing.
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