On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 11:26:50 PM PST, James W. Durkin wrote: > On at least two such occasions this summer, I received private email > from the seed poster of such threads, a) thanking me for information > provided and b) asking me what unwritten list etiquette they'd run > afoul of that warranted the harsh response belittling their caring > about their boat's cosmetics. > This behavior does nothing to help those new to the sport or to the > list, and everything to give both a tarnished name. I didn't say > much, if anything, then, when it might have contributed to a > lessening of the knee jerk, stomping propensity sketched out above. > I got sick of it all this time around and opted to contribute my two > pence. [Sorry to have quoted so much, but I felt I needed to quote enough of the above to bring my response into context] It seems to me that it was just about the time I wrote my "ode to scratches" post that you fell ill, and spewed your twopence. That, and the personal attack nature of your twopence, suggests that you interpreted my post as a "...harsh response belittling their caring about their boat's cosmetics." While my prose may have been a wee bit too "purple" for your tastes, it was certainly not meant to belittle *anyone's* point of view on the subject of boaty hull cosmetics. If you thought so, I apologize for not including an explanatory preface to my comments. I should have hoped it was quite obvious that I was merely expressing my own feelings and opinions on the subject (something you claim to believe is perfectly legitimate...though not, apparently, in my case). Please forgive me for not being as clear as I might have been, and I'll forgive you for quite missing my point. I apologize to the list for this off-topic missive, but if I'm going to be flamed, it should at least be for something I meant to say...not because someone misinterpreted what I wrote. -- Melissa (fearless defender of "bad" weather and hull scratches!) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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