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  • From: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Maria C Winslow)
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Insensitive Response
  • Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:37:06 -0500

Dave,
Are you mad at me? Did I hurt your feelings?

Love,
Maria

On Tuesday 04 February 2003 10:18 am, childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov wrot=
e:
> I'm with Robert here, and I don't even know him, but I do know at least
> a few of the rest of you. Perhaps most of you do believe that Dave
> takes it all in fun, and maybe he does, I haven't asked him, but someho=
w
> I'd bet that if I or a newbie had said the same controversial things,
> the same types of responses would have been given anyway. In case you
> were wondering, that doesn't build community, gang.
>
> Plus, that's not very nice to Dave, to perpetually abuse him because "h=
e
> knows we're kidding." I am also often a provocateur with unusual or
> controversial opinions, and although I usually take kidding from my
> friends fairly well, I get awfully sick of it sometimes. I would find i=
t
> rather hurtful if I expressed an opinion to a group I thought of as
> being fairly friendly and open-minded, and got "fuck you" in return,
> even if in jest. If it's truly only a few people who feel that way, it
> wasn't terribly clear from the messages flying around.
>
> Paula the semi-lurker
>





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