Re: a little note from Lector

Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 13:44:53 -0700

At 7:40 AM +0100 on 6/5/99, Scottie wrote:

>     And all of this on a mailing list devoted to a man whose
>     exquisite delicacy of feeling & empathy with the unfashionable
>     is legendary.
>
>     Ah, JD, where are you now that I need you?

We can't pull our reclusive friend out of our online hat, but *can* take
the opportunity to request, politely, that the personal attacks stop HERE,
and now.  Take them to email, or take a few deep breaths, but please, this
is not a place for this thread to continue.

Scottie says things, sometimes provocatively, and he stirs up what has
occasionally been a moribund conversation.  So does Thor.  I  value both
their contributions, and was delighted to see Scottie re-emerge after a
brief hiatus.  (Though Scottie, you win from me no special concern based on
your age; you are as verbally nimble as almost anyone with whom I've
corresponded, and I suspect that your powers of self-defense are as good as
ever. <*grin*>)

This latest bit was amusing at first, but I'd like to respectfully ask it
to stop.  It's getting ugly, pointless, and demeaning to everyone involved.
I think we can keep a cleaner house than that.

Cheers, and end of public-service announcement.

--tim o'connor