From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@ocean.com.au)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 08:19:13 MST
Eliezer wrote:
> Brett Paatsch wrote:
>
> > [In a thread with Subject heading "List Dynamics"]
>> - Lee Corbin wrote:
> >>
> >>1. People pretending to be an authority on what
> >> other people's (or nation's) motives are
> >>2. Posters complaining that we should "harmonize"
> >> instead of argue---that we should try to "work
> >> together" instead of score points.
> >
> > If you want to start a thread about your personal peeves
> > go ahead, or folk it out of the original, but please don't
> > presume *everyone* who looks at a subject header with
> > "List Dynamics" wants to hear *whatever* you have to say
> > on *any* topic just because *your* saying it.
>
> I'm interested in what Lee Corbin has to say,
I'm interested in what Lee has to say too! I just wish he'd been
a bit more considerate about *where* he said it.
He combined comments on multiple threads into one thread.
Such a practice muddies up the thread in which its posted and any
follow-up posts on Lee's comments from other posters end up
cross-threaded. Thats inefficient as well as discourteous.
I hope we can have *both* the benefits of Lee's insight and the
higher efficiency that comes with generally applied courtesy.
I reckon we can.
> not because I have a unique
> interest in the particular quarks making up his physical system, but
> because quarks organized in a Lee Corbinish way seem to generate
> some of the more interesting and logical statements appearing on the
> Extropians list.
I agree.
[snip]
> > PS: If anyone thinks *I* am out of line here please advise
> > me offlist. - Thank you.
>
> Er, no. You posted onlist, I'm replying onlist.
Ok. That's fair enough too.
But now, I ask you Eliezer, on list, for clarification.
As a *general rule*, can't we expect to have *both* the benefits
of *any* poster's insights and the courtesy and efficiency of their
placing their thoughts in the thread to which they relate?
Brett
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