Think twice before sending [Was: RE: [ga] Dave: "they are free"]

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Hi.
In re-reading my post (below), and JFC's original, I think I did 
misinterpret it and my answer was not to the mark.
Maybe this can bring me (and maybe all of us) to a reflection about how 
things are going in these last few days on the list.

The conflictuality is rising beyond acceptable limits, the [ga-abuse] has 
more traffic than the GA list itself, people (including me in my last post) 
argue and reply almost automatically. The amount of things to read is 
raising so much that I start doubting that anybody with a day job can read 
all posts, and down to the last row.

This is creating further misunderstandings, further replies, further appeals 
to [ga-abuse].
Can we stop it for a minute, and take a breath before restart?

I cannot understand how otherwise reasonable peopel can tear eachother to 
pieces in a mailing list.
The [ga-abuse] is supposed to be there to handle the supposedly few 
exceptions that go beyond the reasonable decorum. More than better define 
exact rules, which will mean that from the next post we will watch which 
post will pass these limits, we need collaboration in keeping the arguments 
sound and the tone correct.

We are getting back to where we started 1.5 years ago, when the situation 
was such as the GA did not have any credibility. If we continue along this 
path, there will be no point in making a good argument, because the GA will 
be so short of credibility that nobody "outside" will pay any attention.

Anyway, can I just ask everybody to think twice before hitting the "send" 
button for a message that contains text with dubious decorum, and to avoid 
personal arguments? Think that the more we argue in this way, the less we 
all globally count, no matter who is right and who is wrong.

Regards
Roberto

P.S.: my apologies to Jefsey for having misinterpreted his message, and 
overreacted about.





>From: "Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>
>To: jefsey@wanadoo.fr, ga@dnso.org
>Subject: RE: [ga] Dave: "they are free"
>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:01:51 +0200
>
>Jefsey,
>
>>you will certainly use all the wrong subtilities to show you are right to
>>be wrong.... :-)
>
>One thing we can surely agree upon, and that is that we have a different
>perception of what is right and what is wrong.
>
>>
>>We went over that a long ago and at the end of the day you gave up saying
>>that it was like private PABX. I suppose that nobody is going to validate
>>an extension into your own .com PABX?
>
>The reason why I give up saying things is that, when I think that I made my
>point across, I do not fight for having the last word.
>It serves no purpose for me (it is useless loss of time) and no purpose for
>the others, because it usually not only does not convey additional
>information, but makes people tired of hearing the same stuff and 
>bizanthine
>counter-examples.
>
>This is why I let you continue arguing alone that time, and will do again
>this time. Feel free to think that I thought to be wrong this time as well
>;>).
>
>Regards
>Roberto
>
>
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