Posted by Noa on May 25, 2000, at 17:01:26
In reply to New to site, posted by Jennifer on May 25, 2000, at 12:16:28
Hi, Jennifer. Welcome. I don't mean to convey the desire to have only majority opinions expressed. I love the exchange of differing ideas. And, I know some are passionate about their thoughts. This thread just had a strange feel to it, like it was totally unclear who was joking, who was saying what, who was reacting to whom, etc. I just felt the need to comment on it, especially since just a while back, we had a tumult where things got nasty. That is one thing that is different about the culture of this board. We do draw a line where many other boards don't, and this is based upon Dr. Bob's conditions for participating here. It is not a ban on minority opinions or radical ideas. It is a ban on viciousness. What happened so far in this thread was not vicious, it just had the feel of e-text heading into escalating misunderstandings.
Oh well. I did not intend my post to be a "thought police" citation. If it sounded like one, I apologize.
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