Civilized Discourse and Potty Training, was RGB vs CMYK for gum


S. Carl King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:27:07 -0400


Well Brian, something went wrong because you posted the message to the
list! And not once but three times! But your remarks are well-taken
regarding Katharine Thayer's hostility toward Judy. I have on several
instances in the past been on the verge of making a similar comment, but
delayed in the hope that Ms. Thayer would eventually understand that this
behavious was offensive to the members of the list and put an end to it.
Unfortunately the art of civilized discourse, like potty training, comes
harder to some than to others, and our patience to the consequences of the
absence of both is not without limits.

Sandy King

>Hi Judy - I'm not posting this to the list because I don't want to initiate or
>participate in anything like the Terry King debacle but FWIW I've been puzzled
>by this lady's attitude towards you almost from the first time I saw anything
>posted by her. You've been remarkably restrained in your responses. I don't
>know or care what her problem is but just in case you had any doubts I wanted
>to let you know that her unwarranted hostility is open and obvious to anyone
>reading the messages. You've been so much help to me, both on this list and
>through the publication of "Post Factory," that I guess this is just a
>message of support and encouragement - try to ignore her. Brian
>
>Judy Seigel wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Katharine Thayer wrote:
>> > And what are you suggesting, that because you don't agree with [Phil
>> > Davis] on gum, that we shouldn't believe anything
>> he said
>> > about color separations? Give me a break.
>> >
>> > The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
>>
>> That's not at all what I said. The point is of course a minor one, but
>> what is not minor is that once more you put words in my mouth as a pretext
>> for sneers and insults. Now these attacks, although flattering in a
>> way, grow tiresome. Indeed, I wonder if my restraint hasn't egged you
>> on. You seem bound and *determined* to get a rise out of me, and have been
>> ever since last summer when I sent you a copy of Post-Factory.
>>
>> So now I ask that you give us BOTH a break and desist. It's hard to
>> believe that you want a hen fight on the list, but it's hard to figure
>> what else you can have in mind. It's also hard to believe that you think
>> this behavior becomes you.
>>
>> So let me repeat, the remarks above are deliberately insulting. No
>> subscriber to this list is entitled to speak thusly to another -- once,
>> let alone repeatedly.
>>
>> Judy



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