I am having real techie problems and so are many other folks on this and the other bookshare list. Whatever you want to say on this subject Roger you seem to need to write message after message to say it. Whether what you want to say belongs on this list, whether you are defending something or whatever, the fact is we are in a transition period at bookshare. Please if you are hurt nobody meant to hurt you. Frankly rather than dealing with bookshare issues we are somehow dealing with the wording of an invite to a bookshare club and your objection to either the wording or the fact it is posted on the list. I hope you work it out soon so this stream of messages from you all about one little bookshare club invite slows down.
E. At 12:16 PM 1/23/2009, you wrote:
Actually, I have not admitted to being the troll, at least by the definition that was given. My only intention in this case was to make a casual comment. When I read the post about the Christian fiction discussion there was a comment in it that said that these are the kind of books one would not be embarrassed to share with others. My immediate reaction was that I would. Even though I have read a number of religious books I have never read any Christian fiction. My impression is that they are a waste of time and everything I hear about them reinforces that impression. However, I can imagine recommending one. I suppose it is possible that one or more of them might have something in them that would cause me to recommend it. I think that is unlikely, but it is possible. If I did make such a recommendation I would feel embarrassed. I would feel compelled to apologize and assure the person to whom I recommended it that the religious content had nothing to do with the recommendation. Because that was my immediate reaction I made a casual comment to that effect. Unfortunately, there are people who are so intolerant that they just can't allow a casual comment to just be a casual comment and absolutely must make a big deal out of it. Then comes the name calling. Troll is one of the nicer ones I have been called in my life, but the definition provided with it rendered it a simple straw man. Again, though, if someone is so outraged that another person has the temerity to disagree with them then they can minimize their exposure to other points of view just by not attacking the people who hold them.
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