[meteorite-list] Taking Offence - A Repost

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jun 13 19:02:45 2004
Message-ID: <BCF22713.B3BF%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Dear Bernd,
         As a list member I was greatly relieved to read your recent post.
        I was originally flabbergasted, but then just realized we are ALL
only human. Thanks for being a good one.
        Best wishes, Michael
        


on 6/13/04 2:26 PM, bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de at bernd.pauli@paulinet.de
wrote:

> Hello Gregory and List,
>
> I've been sitting here at my computer for quite some time now,
> brooding, considering, reconsidering, and feeling very uneasy
> after re-reading this post many times:
>
> I once wrote:
>
> " ... , I am taking offense to your harmful comments
> and the way you twist other list members' comments."
>
> Gregory then responded:
>
> "And Bernd is about as nonpartisan and imperturbable a member as the list has.
> Isn't there a "line" of common decency SOMEWHERE, past which a member
> deliberately forfeits his own "good standing"? Sadly, it seems not to be the
> case. Thanks for the post, Bernd - I'm sure everyone else feels the same
> way too, but there seems to be a curious reluctance to publicly express it.
>
> Well, it is easy to go off but hard to clean up the mess. Were there reasons
> why I exploded? Yes, there were! Is it a justification to go off on someone
> like I did? No!
>
> I was neither "nonpartisan" nor "imperturbable" a few days ago and I blundered
> when - though by mistake - I sent Gregory's private comment and my response
> to it to the list.
>
> When I told my Pauline (my wife :-) that Gregory wanted an apology, she said
> without hesitating a second: " Whatever he did, you've made a mistake. Yes,
> I think you should apologize!"
>
> As you can all see it took some days to sink in but the message finally
> arrived
> at the bottom. So, Gregory, please accept my sincere apologies for my having
> gone over the line of "common decency".
>
> The only one who dared at least "hint" at such an "uncalled for" reaction was
> Dave Andrews, who wrote at the end of his mail "probably said too much
> already". No, Dave, you didn't! Thank you!
>
> I may be one of the major contributors to this List but this doesn't - and
> above all -
> shouldn't give me the right to attack and flame list members in such an
> unqualified
> manner.
>
> Feeling much
> better now,
>
> Bernd
>
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