[bookshare-discuss] Re: ot blind man looking for sighted woman (was Re: discussion
- From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0600
There is no reason to leave a list when it goes off tangent. Just skip it and
use the delete key. We've been off like this before, but always come back to
books. Usually, the tangents begin with a book discussion.
As long as we keep our main focus, everything should be fine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/06/23 08:58:48
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: ot blind man looking for sighted woman (was
Re: discussion
>
>
> You said, "Sorry if I'm being a bit of a jerk about this, but I think that,
> as systems
> which allow for freedom often do, things have corrected themselves."
>
> I think the operative word here is "often". At some point one of these
> topics may come up that drives enough book lovers away so that there is no
> restriction on the topics posted here. I've seen several sites that once
> were good sources of information become complaint lists. All the original
> participants eventually be came discouraged and unsubscribed from the list.
> Is this what we want?
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. J. Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:27 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: ot blind man looking for sighted woman (was
> Re: discussion
>
>
> > Alright, so maybe I have too much time on my hands, but I went all the way
> > back to the beginning of the "seeking a solution" thread. Not including my
> > own posts (which I don't have logged), there have been 75 posts to this
> > list since Monica started the thread. I think 18 of them were neither
> > related to books nor debating what should or should not be considered
> > off-topic. Furthermore, the majority of those were within a few hours of
> > the OP, as people finished their threads. By contrast, this debate itself
> > has, since the OP, run to almost twice that number of posts.
> > Sorry if I'm being a bit of a jerk about this, but I think that, as
> > systems which allow for freedom often do, things have corrected
> > themselves.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:01 AM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] ot blind man looking for sighted woman (was
> > Re: discussion
> >
> >
> >> Blind man with no discernible income seeks rich sighted woman. Looks are
> >> not important.
> >>
> >> The above paragraph is a parody of messages that I fear are soon coming
> >> to this list if we continue down the road of "anything goes."
> >>
> >> Is this really what we want? If you want that sort of thing, let me
> >> suggest that you join the zone, an online community that has board topics
> >> which discuss everything from books to who people hate/like on the zone.
> >> It can be found at
> >> http://www.zonebbs.com/
> >>
> >> Registration is free and open to anyone.
> >>
> >> I even once started a board topic asking whether or not blindness was a
> >> separate culture. There are endless discussions about dogs, Braille,
> >> and--even--your favorite book.
> >>
> >> Oh yes, there are dozens of games you can play when your are bored. Plus,
> >> all the discussions don't clog up your email.
> >>
> >> This is not an ad for the zone, it is meant to show that there are
> >> alternatives to all the garbage posing as book discussions that keep
> >> cropping up here.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Phyllis Stevens" <catlady1949@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:37 AM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] discussion
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have read more bookshare posts lately than ever before. I am
> >>> personally glad to see something else discussed. I believe that getting
> >>> to know the comunity of folks who volunteer for bookshare is wonderful.
> >>> I also hate it when people post to both lists saying that they've
> >>> submitted thus and so book. I already read that email, why do I wish to
> >>> read it again? I agree that this particular list, although books may be
> >>> discussed, should be for all off topic posts as well. I mean if we want
> >>> to discuss crafts, we should be able too. We all have hobbies, lives
> >>> other than scanning or vallidating so should be able to get to know one
> >>> another through this list. Why create another list, when this one could
> >>> adequately serve that purpose?
> >>>
> >>> Phyllis, Emmy dog, and
> >>> the kitties, Simon and Sarah
> >>>
> >>> catlady1949@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>> This is also my MSN address.
> >>>
> >>
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