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I've been an active list member for more than 4 years.
Refer me to one post in the last 6 months where he
instructed or assisted someone to work through a
specific problem or issue in an objective,
instructional, and non-abrasive manner that wasn't
sarcastic, condescending, demeaning, or constructed as
a generalized rant (and yes, rants can be funny)
against humanity, or even just everyone in a business
who might have felt or acted in a specific manner.
A simple answer to a simple question.
You do that and I will publicly post an appology to
all 4,000 plus readers.
--- "Beard, Samuel" <Samuel -dot- Beard -at- GSC -dot- GTE -dot- Com> wrote:
> Fellow Techwhirlers,
>
> I must come out of lurkdom to take exception with
> this post. While I
> agree that some may have been offended by Andrew
> Plato's post and that some
> may have enjoyed it, my real exception is towards
> John Posada's post. In
> particular, the references to the lack of support to
> others provided by
> Andrew Plato and the implication that he doesn't
> generally post anything out
> there for others to criticize, yet that he regularly
> provides that same
> criticism to others. I haven't been on the list all
> that long, but I have
> seen numerous posts by Andrew that offered help and
> provoked thought about
> issues relevant to all of us. Some of his posts may
> have come across to some
> as somewhat condescending or demeaning, but I
> haven't found his posts
> offering help and advice, or even those provoking
> some thought and
> discussion by this list, as being particularly
> troublesome. As has been
> mentioned previously in regards to posts not only by
> Andrew but others, may
> I simply say, "Use the Delete function on your email
> program if you don't
> like what you read."
>
> FWIW, I did think that some of his latest post
> went a bit far.
>
> Sam Beard
> Technical Writer
> GTE, GSC (New and Improved Version!! Now known as
> General Dynamics ITSC!!)
>
===
John Posada
Western Union International
(w) jposada -at- westernunion -dot- com
(p) john -at- tdandw -dot- com
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