In a message dated 11/3/00 8:47:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, rebour@hotmail.com writes:
<< I don't thing that ........... references such as the one below are welcomed here. I think Jerry owes a deep apology .......... >>
Excerpts from my response to Ken:
"Ken: I agree with you on this one, but please address those letters to me and let me deal with these sorts of things.........
.............Sing along with me, 'Peace in the Valley........'
Dale"
Does it seem like there has been a "List Etiquette" note every day recently?
Ken admonished Jerry Moos this morning for a perceived lack of care in choice of phrases and an inferred slight toward others... I know Jerry well, and know that he is not an ill-thinker, so I assume it was a mis-step rather than a slur...
In any case, I ask you all to allow me to act in these instances as referee rather than you immediately zinging other members, no matter how indignant you might feel at the moment. I truly believe, for the health of the CR List, that members airing immediate responses in an emotional state will again threaten this forum. So, if you think someone is out of line or jerky or obnoxious (not any of us to be sure!) PLEASE write to me and let ME police the issue! I know this goes against our valued tradition of rugged individualism and standing-up-for-oneself, but I am trying to maintain a disparate group of rugged individualists and I think that's the only way it's gonna work!
Thanks
Dale Brown
Put-upon-but-determined List Manager!