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In fact, if you care to interpret Chris Lofting's impenetrable prose for us,
Diane Benscoter, please feel free! I'm sure we all will be duly impressed.
Aaron, interpreting Chris Lofting's prose is not something I feel the need
or desire to do, though I do see valuable information in what I have read
from Chris. I also have great respect and appreciation for your
contributions to the discussions. Also, impressing others is of no interest
to me. Learning is.
Now, it pains me that all this is so unpleasant for you to witness, Diane
Benscoter. But attacking us for at all protesting the abusiveness of Chris
Lofting seems a little unfair from where I sit.
I'm genuinely sorry that you felt attacked. My observations were not
directed at anyone in particular. It just seems that insults are more common
in this discussion list than I'm used to seeing in any other discussions
that are of interest to me. From my perspective, it gets in the way of
the point of the discussion. Obviously, there are a number of ways to
protest. There has been no shortage of destructive ways, historically, that
the human race has found to deal with disagreements. The members of this
list seem to have far above average intelligence and access to information.
Utilizing constructive forms of communication seems like a reasonable
expectation from a group like this. Just doing away with name calling would
be a good start. Again, I'm not pointing at any one person. Thank you for
responding to my concern. I'll go back to watching and learning now.
diane.benscoter@csgpro.com
www.csgpro.com
503-292-0859
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