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Date: | Sun, 18 Feb 1996 15:22:33 -0500 |
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***To all on the list - here is an example of the unnecessary condenscension
by ***a certain Allen Dick. I don't know how many of you can learn anything
***about beekeeping from an individual like this, but I certainly don't. I
am ***sure this is exactly what Mike L. High, Sr. was referring to in his
e-mail.
> >I hope you - and others - find this useful. I spent two and a half
> >hours trying to say it nicely. How did I do?
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> I don't think so. I did not find this useful in the least.
> Condescending, abrasive, patronizing, and downright rude are more
> like it.
Well, I guess I have take advice from you on this, because you
certainly seem to be the expert on all these subjects, judging from
your present communication.
I certainly was and am actively trying to avoid all these things,
but I can see you have no such compunction.
> If beekeepers can't get along, then this hobby and
> livelihood certainly wont last long. We learn from each other,
> including each other's mistakes, not by ridiculing someone for their
> mistakes or misperceptions.
A agree and did not intentionally ridicule anyone. Or flame anyone
either.
> I joined this mailing list to learn
> from others, not to listen to them berate others for their own
> personal benefit.
Please explain the personal benefits.
> This isn't the first time I've seen this happen
> either. If you don't have something nice to say about someone else's
> problems, then don't say it.
Sometimes the truth just isn't nice, no matter how you dress it up.
Are you planning on taking your own advice?
> Why not go back to Netiquette 101...
I'll see you there, I guess.
Thanks for taking the trouble to write.
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