[Rhodes22-list] Civility - Warning - May require thought...

[Jb]

How 'bout you write the 'Roberts Rules of Orders for da List' and we'll all 
fall in line.  You're one of the most sane and rational ones here anyway, we 
could probably use a benevolent dictator



strongly disagree with that statement.
 when debates get heated, true personalities  come out & that becomes part 
of it. people start saying what they really think.
ussually when it gets so far as to call some one a anil pore, it stops.
just don't take it personal, these are only opinions & everyones got one, 
just like the anil pore.

Jb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Civility - Warning - May require thought...


> Robert,
>
> Ah yes!  The civilization of the pool cue!  Got to witness that first hand 
> in a contractors bar in Gulfport, MS about 18 months ago (they call them 
> "con" tractors not "good" tractors for a reason).  My involvement in the 
> ordeal was to hurriedly escort the "pool cuelee", a young man who'd just 
> had a pool cue broken over his head out the door. My concern wasn't so 
> much for him as it was I felt too busy to be a witness in a murder trial. 
> The "cuelor" immediately took offense to my actions and targeted me next 
> (with the stub).  Fortunately, I've been through post 9/11 Cockpit Defense 
> training and leaned on all my resources learned in the classroom and 
> hand-to-hand fighting to come to the following logical conclusion, "run 
> the hell out of this place!"
>
> JB made a salient point - the implication was that the people who post 
> here most often know each other well, sometimes in the flesh, but in many 
> cases only in cyberspace. Either way, they don't take each other too 
> seriously or if they do, it's forgotten the next day.
>
> I guess the question is, do we want a big Italian or Greek family who sits 
> down for supper and has an energetic family discussion or an uptight 
> anal-retentive Waspish get-to-gather?
>
> See!  You can't win at this game.  I've pissed off Italians, Greeks, and 
> many of those other people without even trying.
>
> How 'bout you write the 'Roberts Rules of Orders for da List' and we'll 
> all fall in line.  You're one of the most sane and rational ones here 
> anyway, we could probably use a benevolent dictator.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Robert Skinner <Robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Robert Skinner <Robert at squirrelhaven.com>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Civility - Warning - May require thought...
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 9:53 PM
>> While we speak of this list being the equivalent of
>> discourse
>> in a sailor's bar, we may be forgetting that those who
>> visit
>> such a bar are generally less inclined to give insult than
>> some
>> on this list.  In a bar, feedback is sometimes immediate
>> and
>> direct non-verbal behavior modification.  With a pool cue.
>>
>> Learned by observation in Jacksonville, NC and other
>> places around the globe and anchorages.
>>
>> Talk is cheap when there is no civilizing feedback.  Doubly
>> so when the neck is not exposed.  One reason for
>> society's
>> general prohibition of discussion of sex, religion, or
>> politics
>> at the dinner table is the tendency of people to become
>> heated, if not completely irrational, concerning these
>> these
>> topics.
>>
>> When we permit the discussion of these topics, we also
>> admit the polarizing and antagonizing effects thereof, and
>> need to exercise some restraints.
>>
>> As Archie admonished, we might have to say to some,
>> "Stifle yourselves!"  Freedom has a price, and
>> the price
>> of free speech is civility.
>>
>> Thank you for considering this,
>> /Robert
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