Re: A plea for civility

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Geraldine Wright writes ...
> 
> I would like to make a plea to the citizens of comp.sys.apple2 that we try to
> make our discussions a little more polite. Some of the exchanges are far more
> testy than is really called for. I make a special effort to avoid reading
> threads whose subject lines warn me that the comments will be overly harsh.
> Still, even with only reading seemingly innocent threads, which shouldn't be
> that controversial, I see far more digs and jabs than I think are necessary. We
> are not putting our best feet forward with such behavior. I believe it
> frightens away far more potential Apple II converts than it attracts.
>

     Perhaps. Still, as you know, being a ][ user in the 90's demands a certain 
toughness. If a new ][ owner or Mac A2 emmulator user wilts at the little digs and 
jabs in some csa2 postings, how is he/she going to deal with the challenges of ][ 
computing? 


Rubywand