Thank you Sarah. It is sad to see this venue and valuable sharing disintegrate into folks just needing to be right.
For the record, you are all right. Everyone of you. Every opinion is valid. Sharing it is appreciated and valued. If we could just cut it a little shorter, we could bypass the ugly stuff and just be a caring, supportive, informative, educational, and loving group of passionate birders. It is actually painful to see these listserve conversations turn ugly. Let's go birding! Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Sarah Glesner wrote: > Hello fellow bird enthusiasts, > > I have often enjoyed posts from fellow birders regarding sightings, > insights into bird behavior, enthusiastic sharing of bird related > information, and the RBA postings that help all people interested in birds > increase their knowledge. I believe most of the people on this listserv > genuinely care about the well being of birds, and would not engage in > behavior that would harm the creatures we are all so passionate about. All > emotions aside, it seems to be a complete misuse of this communication > device as a personal soap box to repeatedly force opinions in the face of > other enthusiasts and birders. Bullying, insults, and aggressive responses > are immature and unnecessary. I applaud those folks on MOU that have tried > to keep all topics informative and discussion based, even when they are of > a contentious nature. > > -Sarah Glesner > Duluth, MN > > -- > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
