My God, Maybe we should restrict our discussions to little robotic transactions as if no humans were around.
My copy of the Mac Canada List says, "list begun 1999:10:27 page updated 2001:09:07 <b>Mac Canada is a forum especially for Mac users in Canada.</b> It doesn't say " to discuss iMacs and related issues." Did I miss something? I had this fantasy that the common ground was being in Canada--where I now am. Not how prissy, evangelical, or age-discriminatory the authors might choose to be. What the hell is trolling anyway? Halloween is over, so it shouldn't be a problem anymore, should it? Havoc? What havoc? All I've seen are a few anal r's roused out of their torpor and poking poorly at their keyboards. And as to justice, what is the edge of tolerance to a group like ours--a petition to Dan Knight et al. to demand that little Will be defenestrated? Gee, I had been told that Canadians were polite, patient and tolerant. Isn't that why they're getting all these call centres? ------- I don't think we need to worry about the continued "eroding of the quality of this list." We hit that petty dynamic some time ago. Bob Wulkowicz--an elder parent who still envies being a child. (12, 13, 17 or 18--ain't much difference, folks.) --------------------- > Tom, > > Will is not a 12 or 13 year old child. He is 17 or 18. My view is, if he > prepared to dish it out, he needs to be prepared to take it. > > As Shawn says, we are not friends on this list. We all joined for one > primary purpose - to discuss iMacs and related issues. To join a Mac list, > create havoc on the list and then state that you are going to buy a PC, is > idiotic. > > I have nothing personal against Will - because I don't know him. However, > he is trolling and I see no reason why we should have to tolerate it. He > appears to be succussfully turning members of the list against each other > and I am just wondering how long the "do gooders" on this list want to > continue coddling Will and treating him like a child - thereby enabling him > to continue eroding the quality of the list. > > Amberr -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
