Re: [CR]Hello, Good-bye?

> Hi all. As a political science teacher, I'm now about to do what I
> sometimes criticize in class: straddle the ole fence, ride down the
> center of the street, equivocate, talk out of both sides of my mouth, etc.
>
> On the one hand... I have enjoyed the one-two punch of Brian and Jim.
> They both love bikes; there is no love lost between them; and they both feel
> passionately about their views. Before I view any emails on the list, I
> look at the email addresses of what is in my mailbox, and whenever one of
> them has something to say I stamp it as numero ono priority. Right up
> there with my own work -- ok, often ahead of my own work. Moreover, I
> think that the only way we can get their perspectives about that era is
> to let them a bit of brawling. It's too bad that they don't like each
> other, but that's just the way it is, and I am willing to put up without the
> love and kisses in order to hear what they have to say.
>
> On the other hand ... Once you give leeway to two people, you have to ask
> yourself as the listmeister how you treat others on the list. Imitation
> is the sincerest form of flattery, and if some of the big names are doing
> it, others might be tempted to wade in. Without in anyway excusing ole
> Ken Denny -- hi Ken -- I should note that some of his big time flames before
> his latest flameout occured after things got stirred up about Masi. And
> without being too demeaning to the ibob list, of which I'm a member, I can also
> say that the flame wars there start very quickly and can be harder to put
> out than a forest fire in California.
>
> Dale is walking a thin line between the gathering of information and the
> dissemination of opinions couched in such a way as to be hurtful. I miss
> Brian's and Jim's contributions. I would also be sad if the list turned
> into a free-for-all.

>

> jon

>

> jon cowden

> ithaca, ny