Indulto
11-12-2006, 04:30 AM
The thread, “Beyer: Breakdowns to Sharpen Surface Debate,” was recently closed ostensibly because of the misunderstandings and hard feelings generated among posters which had little to do with the topic of the thread. To the extent my participation contributed to that situation, I apologize to PA, TD, cj, and tlg.
I have to agree with tlg that “It's the internet boys....maybe you should try lightening up. There are more important things to worry about.” However it would seem that those things include the wounds that can be generated across it. We’re all big boys, but apparently we all have our hot buttons.
tlg feels he was “tag teamed.” That was not anyone’s intention, but I can understand how one might interpret that as the result. My first post to tlg anticipated TD's ultimate aggravation, but didn’t prevent it. The second was a direct response to a direct response without regard to what else was going on. I genuinely hope TD and tlg will retain their apparent one-time mutual respect and I doubt that my own attitude influenced the former.
cj, I did not intend that you interpret “figure-making tlg-buddy, cj” as labeling you a “Beyer disciple.” As far as I can tell, you are a competent figure-maker in your own right. I clumsily attempted to suggest that as tlg’s buddy, your involvement in the thread may have helped stimulate TD’s association of tlg with the thread. I don’t expect to change your attitude, but in the future, I will try to be more careful to avoid unintentionally offending you and others, and repeating the undesirable effects of remarks exchanged between tlg and TD.
This forum and the posters that make it a real community are too important to take for granted; or to treat either without due respect or with undeserved disrespect.
I have to agree with tlg that “It's the internet boys....maybe you should try lightening up. There are more important things to worry about.” However it would seem that those things include the wounds that can be generated across it. We’re all big boys, but apparently we all have our hot buttons.
tlg feels he was “tag teamed.” That was not anyone’s intention, but I can understand how one might interpret that as the result. My first post to tlg anticipated TD's ultimate aggravation, but didn’t prevent it. The second was a direct response to a direct response without regard to what else was going on. I genuinely hope TD and tlg will retain their apparent one-time mutual respect and I doubt that my own attitude influenced the former.
cj, I did not intend that you interpret “figure-making tlg-buddy, cj” as labeling you a “Beyer disciple.” As far as I can tell, you are a competent figure-maker in your own right. I clumsily attempted to suggest that as tlg’s buddy, your involvement in the thread may have helped stimulate TD’s association of tlg with the thread. I don’t expect to change your attitude, but in the future, I will try to be more careful to avoid unintentionally offending you and others, and repeating the undesirable effects of remarks exchanged between tlg and TD.
This forum and the posters that make it a real community are too important to take for granted; or to treat either without due respect or with undeserved disrespect.