Community?

[Joe Mabel]

It is clear that this email is intended as an attack on someone, but you 
apparently don't have the nerve to say who.

May I point out that in the recent debate over the relative merits of Unix 
and MS Windows-based email tools, both sides, presumably sincerely, argued 
that the tools they were advocating were easier to use?  Although some 
people (on both sides) got out of line in their tone, that is a separate 
issue.

To be honest, I mostly track the content of what people are saying and 
promptly forget who its from, so I have no idea which side you were on. 
 Either way, I think your point #3 is a totally cheap shot.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Rich Littleton [SMTP:be718 at scn.org]
Sent:	Sunday, November 22, 1998 4:18 PM
To:	Steve
Cc:	scn at scn.org
Subject:	Re: Community?


Several answers to your question, Steve.

1.	Some people's view of communication is simply to spread cynicism
rather than do positive work.

2.	Some people's view of community is simply as a lab they can run
their own self-directed experients.

3.	Some people's view of community service is to ignore the
community's needs and defend difficult technology.

	If you have any more questions, Steve, by all means ask them.

	By the way, what projects are you currently working on?

Later,

Rich



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On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Steve wrote:

>
> Some interesting parallels to SCN in the current issue of Seattle
> Weekly (11/19).  Article on page 7 - "Yellers and screamers - a
> community council dispute calls into question the neighborhood
> governance model."
>
> It brings up one of the endless questions faced by SCN - how is it
> that people can love the idea of community, and at the same time act
> so despicably toward its members?
>
>
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