[sumo] Re: Our Mailing List...

[Jeanne Hedge]

I'm sorry, but I really do wonder why there are people who only want to read about sumo (probably most people here would like) who also read messages marked as "off topic" or messages with clearly off topic subject lines (or both), and then complain about reading off topic messages.

Is someone forcing them to read off topic stuff? Is there some reason they can't spend a fraction of a second to hit the delete button (or, even better, set up to filter messages marked off topic)? (surely nobody's paying by the message in this day and age....)  It kind of reminds me of the people who complain "there's nothing but trash!" on television, and yet who also don't bother to change the channel.


Jeanne


---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:21:38 -0800
>From: Dale Carlson <drc at oz.net>  
>Subject: Our Mailing List... (Was: Re: [sumo] [off topic] Mitchell steroid report;Joshua's blatant misinformation)  
>To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
>
>At 06:43 AM 12/14/2007 -0500, Mike Chamberlain wrote:
>>This is uncalled for. There was obviously a computer glitch at Doreen's end.
>
>I agree. I'm very concerned about the health of this list. We have lost so
>many
>regular posters. The fact that Doreen isn't leaving is welcome news. I'd
>probably
>remain subscribed even if she were the only other member :)
>
>The current thread began with "I bring this up only to ridicule Joshua..."
>I suppose
>that gets points for honesty, but were I in a position to do so, that
>person would
>be at the least suspended from posting until s/he cools down. This isn't a
>list
>to ridicule our fellow members. 
>
>To quote a much earlier post from that same list member- "It would also
>be nice if the regulars who have dropped from the mailing list, would be
>enticed 
>to return.  A good, provocative, and respectful discussion might help."
>
>Yes, perhaps it might have. Instead, it was followed by just the opposite,
>with 
>the expected results. Thanks...
>
>Trying to turn lemons into lemonade, this seems like a great time for those
>who
>have hesitated to contribute to the mailing list, for whatever reasons, to
>go ahead
>and post. Don't worry if you think what you have to say is stupid, uninformed
>or otherwise unworthy. If it's sincere, well-intentioned and somewhat about
>sumo,
>you're already light years ahead of the recent competition :)
>
>Hoping the ML doesn't die,
>
>Dale
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Sumo mailing list
>Sumo at webtrek.com
>http://www.webtrek.com/mailman/listinfo/sumo