[MD] Re Arlo

[Horse]

  Hi Platt

Apologies for not having replied sooner - my ISP's email system went 
into meltdown last night and only got fixed late today. I was getting 
"Backend error" messages every time I tried to access email - which 
would be also be a polite way of expressing the sort of problems I was 
wishing on them every time it occurred!
Talking of expressing oneself politely....

On 27/07/2010 20:45, plattholden at gmail.com wrote:
> Just to show a reasonably polite discourse can take place here between two
> people with wildly opposed views, I refer you to the recent discussion I had
> with Krimel in the "Bo's weak vs. strong . . ." thread. It ain't perfect, but I
> think it shows improvement over some exchanges on this site.

Well, I think you and I have had friendly and productive conversations 
in the past and I would really like it to be like that all the time.

> Finally, you said in another post, "Discussing one's core beliefs can be very
> emotional." Agree. But isn't it a sign of maturity to control one's emotions? I
> think so. At least it certainly helps in developing constructive dialogues.

It does - and it would be really good if this would happen.

> I plead mea culpa to giving back as good as I get and realize the whole shtick
> is childish. But, it takes two to tango. I would like nothing better than to
> see all contributors bend over backwards to avoid churlish behavior. I'll do my
> best if others will do likewise.
>
> What do you think?

I think it would be the best thing that could happen to this forum but 
actually getting it to happen is something else and would take the 
agreement of all involved in these discussions.
I'd like to throw it open to the list members and see what they think.

Ok folks - how's about everyone that contributes to this list voicing 
their opinion as to how we can make this into a forum whereby we discuss 
the MoQ in a civilised and constructive way.

Your thoughts and suggestions please


Horse


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