[AMRadio] (no subject about delete key logic)

[Bruce - KB6LWN/rcc]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Todd Bigelow - PS wrote:

> Now Bruce...
> 
> Please don't tell us you're one of these people who believes no one has any
> responsibility for themselves online, or to remove themselves from a situation
> that they don't care for. I find that most of the people who make such lame
> complaints on here wouldn't dream of doing so in public("Hey - you can't say
> words like that! I might hear you and be offended!"). Rather it's just easier
> to be bold and try to be the thought/speech/whatever police from behind a
> keyboard.

Boomer...!
I'm surprized at you for even THINKING such a thing !

You should know from the number of posts you've seen
me make that I DO believe that every netizen has a
responsibility to conduct themselves with at least a
minumum of decorum while online, hence the many times
I've been 'informed' by those NOT doing so that 'they
can do whatever they darn well please'.  And I should
arse-out. ;)

I'm just as bold in public (face to face) as I am here...
I'm the kind of person that upon hearing some jerk curse
and profane in public, will politely ask them to not do so,
and if they want to get froggy, I can and will get that way
as well :)  I'm only 5'8" and 270# but I do OK in a tussle,
and if they choose to follow a path other than hand-to-hand ?
Well.  I can deal with that, too! ;)

Ahhhh....  I long for a return to the Old West,
where everyone wore an iron on their side and
respect was a common commodity, because if you
did NOT respect another you ran the risk of
losing your life - or at least taking a trip
to the local doc' to get a hole patched up ;)

And if you disrespected a woman, might as well KYAG!

Now THAT'S how "politically correct" I am !!!
(eg; not very)

> Maybe if we all put it in the context that the list admin is capable of
> deciding what should or shouldn't be done or said on any particular list, we'd
> be better off. The fact that some of us offer suggestions to the
> 'politically-correct-challenged' out there on an easeir, less stressful way to
> use the list shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. I bet many of us use our delete
> key at least 20% of the time or more. I do it a fair amount on messages
> without even reading them, based on subject. And, unless it's a message with
> useful info I want to keep, I always delete it afterwards anyhow. To imply
> that nothing should arrive in your inbox that you might have to delete says
> that we must all think, speak, and act like you to be allowed here. Not
> likely. ;)

I'm all for having the owner/moderator make the call on
this kind of stuff, but it appeared to me that s/he was
letting this one run the gamit for whatever reason
(which I don't have a problem with either).

I think you MAY be a little confused on THIS issue,
Boomer ol' boy... ;)  I never complained about the
language being used (in THIS situation), and it seems
like you're insinuating that I did...  :-/

What I DID say was that I consider this 'delete key logic'
to be a LAME, OVERUSED excuse for moral miscreants to do
or say whatever they choose and lay the blame for their
lack of responsibility on everyone else!
Now THAT urinates me off!!!

(alright!  no smartarse comments about the fly on the seat!)

> It's time to stop expecting the rest of the world to conform to your views,
> Bruce. We all must take responsibility for ourselves and our actions, simple
> as that. This responsibility extends to removing ourselves from situations or
> ignoring silly things that offend or otherwise don't meet with our views on
> life and/or AM radio. If someone were to list a Kenwood 940 for sale, I'd
> likely be one of the first to suggest they take it to a more appropriate forum
> and explain why it would benefit all involved. However, if the same person
> made comparisons between the 940 and a 32V-2, I wouldn't throw a fit over it
> just because I detest riceboxes and therefore, don't like hearing about them.
> Everyone isn't like me, afterall(thank GOD for that!), and if they choose to
> discuss something I'm not interested in or don't like, then it's up to me to
> remove myself(or the message)from the situation and not expect them to conform
> to my ideas of what is and isn't the correct view.

Talk about a sickening yuppie 'PC' type attitude!  WOW!

> So, let's leave those decisions to the list admin and try our best to help
> newbies(or the p-c-challenged)to better understand how to enjoy discussing old
> radios here in cyberspace without blowing a filter cap in the process. It
> might take a little getting used to, but it's possible.

I'm all for that!
I'm not the one replying with a chapter from a manuscript.
(<smile> you know *I* am)

> As far as the broken keyboard goes, I'll gladly give you a new one, once we
> see that you've begun to recover. You really should see someone about these
> violent outbursts, though.  (:

Violent ???  You think THAT was VIOLENT ?
Sheeesh!  I didn't even have the burner lit.

So sorry (not really) if I've offended your
sensitive feelings by expressing what I think
about the 'lame duck delete key logic' and
citing a perfectly viable reason for NOT
operating under that 'mode'...  <grin>

73 Boomer,
            Bruce - KB6LWN/rcc

PS: If you have any further diatribes regarding
this topic, perhaps they should be made via direct
email and NOT to the list ?  Even though I'm sure
there are at least one (maybe two) from each camp
that are getting a chuckle about all this.

I know *I* am... LOL

> Bruce - KB6LWN/rcc wrote:
> 
> > And yet AGAIN, the 'lame duck delete key logic'
> > raises it's 'beauty challenged' head...  QUACK!
> > This ain't no Swan folks!