Re: a little note from Lector
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 13:44:53 -0700
At 7:40 AM +0100 on 6/5/99, Scottie wrote:
> And all of this on a mailing list devoted to a man whose
> exquisite delicacy of feeling & empathy with the unfashionable
> is legendary.
>
> Ah, JD, where are you now that I need you?
We can't pull our reclusive friend out of our online hat, but *can* take
the opportunity to request, politely, that the personal attacks stop HERE,
and now. Take them to email, or take a few deep breaths, but please, this
is not a place for this thread to continue.
Scottie says things, sometimes provocatively, and he stirs up what has
occasionally been a moribund conversation. So does Thor. I value both
their contributions, and was delighted to see Scottie re-emerge after a
brief hiatus. (Though Scottie, you win from me no special concern based on
your age; you are as verbally nimble as almost anyone with whom I've
corresponded, and I suspect that your powers of self-defense are as good as
ever. <*grin*>)
This latest bit was amusing at first, but I'd like to respectfully ask it
to stop. It's getting ugly, pointless, and demeaning to everyone involved.
I think we can keep a cleaner house than that.
Cheers, and end of public-service announcement.
--tim o'connor