Message 16790 of 29717

   From:  Jon Freedlander <jfreed1@g...>
   Date:  Wed Aug 22, 2001  4:58 pm
   Subject:  Re: [baltwash-burning] Post-mortem...

   On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Dave Diller wrote:
   >  However,  over-sensitivity  aside,  he did have some valid implicit
   points.
   >
   >  Chief among them is that a lot of us KNOW each other face-to-face -
   we've
   >  been  doing this for a while. We KNOW how we think and how we react
   and
   >  what we can say and what we can get away with saying/doing/implying
   to one
   > another. I fully knew that y'all would understand where I was coming
   from
   > with my examples of 'lewd acts' that he took so personally. It never
   >  occurred  to  me  that someone on this list would not 'get it', and
   certainly
   > not that he'd think it a personal attack. But he was new, and not of
   the
   >  same  mindset  that  we  are  used to, from years of associating in
   person AND
   > virtually.
   >
   > In a way, it is cliquish, a form of mental inbreeding. I can see his
   >  point.  With familiarity come shortcuts, as you know you don't have
   to
   >  spell  everything  out. In several ways, we were pretty damn harsh.
   Yes,
   > he wasn't exactly Mr Happy either... but the apparent pack-of-wolves
   > aspect to it could definitely put him on the offensive. Neither side
   was
   > wholly blameless.

   i think this might be overanalysing things a bit.
   every  special  interest group has to be a little "cliquey", otherwise
   its
   not a special interest group; it's just some d00ds hanging out.
   i think this was just a case of some cranky cocksmokers.

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