> Doug Lloyd wrote: > > > I too have enjoyed hearing from Israel and Argentina. I was kind of hard on > > Fernando from Argentina last week over the illegal Nordkapp molds, but we > > have corresponded back-channel and I apologized for my tone. The last thing > > we want to do is put-off international newbies to PW. > > > > I've put a little acronym beside my computer ... It is based on the word "THINK":..... > > It is curious the way things come together .... For someone like me, who´s mother language is other than English, it is not rare to confuse words, or at least their meaning, anytime we read the mail. Sometimes we have to go back on the text to get to real meaning of the sentence. Same happens when we have to express ourselves. So when I read Doug´s reply I felt his hard tune but I was not sure if it was him or me misunderstanding his intentions. Some of you contacted me off-line, apologising for Doug´s tune, and confirming the friendly spirit of this list (including Doug, of course). My reply was that this is an international list, with people writing from all around the world. People of different races, different nations, different beliefs, different cultures .... and a major important think in common, SEA-KAYAKING. All the members of this list should be aware of this. Understanding this leave´s not place for bad feelings or bad intentions. When we write to the list we are only shearing information or feelings we consider important to share. An average of 30 messages a day takes much time to be read and much more time to be replied. Somehow, writing to the list is a generous attitude, as you share you knowledge and experience for free. So why should we put bad intentions on someone´s message ?. I don´t think of any of you spending your time on being rude. When I read Doug´s reply I didn´t understand why he sounded so hard, but he gave me the information I was looking for so I thought either he had a bad day or I was feeling more vulnerable than usual, or maybe both. Anyway I didn´t pay much attention. Here´s when Doug´s acronym came to me, because this is what I did. I thought, and soon I realised that even when he sounded rude he surely never meant it. So I thought FRIENDLY. This is the key. After all, this is what seakayaking is all about, FRIENDSHIP. THINK FRIENDLY when you write. THINK FRIENDLY when you read. THINK FRIENDLY WHEN YOU THINK !!!! Fernando López Arbarello uktkayak_at_interar.com.ar *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 20:06:42 PST
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