re: Meltdown on Tuning

>> C'mon, Jon, you've used plenty of sarcasm around here.
>
>Which is why I included "Even me" in that post ("Meltdown...") - I can
>recognize in myself when things are getting out of hand. And I *certainly*
>can recognize when to stop and use plain and gentle language.

I hadn't seen that post yet -- I'm in digest mode.

[Dan Stearns wrote...]
>As a rule, people just don't act like this face to face! There's just
>something about this medium that brings out the worst in people when
>it comes to disagreements and the like /.../

I was just thinking this, when I saw what happened to Ara's thread. Ara
is one of the most sublime persons I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

This medium is for the birds. If ten of us had spent so much time in
the same neighborhood, can you imagine the result? I've spent a lot
of time traveling around seeing people, which I've found really important.
I suppose it's both good and bad that we're so scattered. But can you
imagine if Haverstick had wound up in Phoenix?

-Carl

--- In tuning@y..., Carl Lumma <carl@l...> wrote:

/tuning/topicId_37562.html#37562

>
> This medium is for the birds.

***Hi Carl!

Do you really think this is so true?? I wouldn't even know all my
friends on this list if it weren't for this medium. I've met people
from *all over the world* this way!

I think all we need is a little more caution and a few more "smilies"
like *this* one :) <grin> :)

J. Pehrson