permaculture

[Loren Davidson <listmail@lorendavidson.com>]

At 1:05 AM -0500 2/28/06, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> John Schinnerer wrote:
>
> >  Heather, can you tell us the name of the 'microchip guy' you spoke with?
> >  Perhaps that will help people sort this out without needing to resort to
> >  personal attacks on list members.
>
> Spreading hysterical unresearched BS to a large list isn't a great idea.

I'm with John on this one. There appear to be two very different 
points of view out there, and right at the moment, I don't know which 
one contains truth and which one contains "hysterical BS." I am 
willing to believe that both sides are acting in good faith, based on 
the data available to them.

> Do you farm, John? Keep any livestock? rely on sales of farm 
> products for a living
> or need those products for your own use for survival?
> I didn't think so. Chill out or keep your sly inuendos to yourself.

Innuendos, hell. There are mailing lists I moderate on which 
namecalling like "hysterical BS" is clearly defined as a personal 
attack/insult, and would get the poster warned and/or booted for 
repeat offenses. I don't think John is "implying" anything - he comes 
right out and calls it like he sees it - and I agree with him that 
your words are really uncalled for.

Whatever happened to "thoughtful and protracted observation?" Care of 
the Earth? Care of the people? How does namecalling promote *any* of 
that?

If we're going to start ripping each other apart over "matters of 
faith," we're going to do Monsanto's work for them. If you can't 
disagree respectfully, and set a good example for others on the list 
to follow as the list.owner, how do you expect anyone else to do 
likewise? It might be a good idea to learn how to take a big, deep 
breath, outside in the Big Blue Room With Shiny Yellow Light, before 
hitting the Fateful Send Key on emotion-laden posts like that.

Loren
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