Last WASTE of time (was alt.books.pynchon)

[Henry M]

I'm incredibly impressed. People (myself included) NEVER change their 
minds about ANYTHING.

DCNY - 3. Tick, tick, tick, 4!

On 19 Nov 96 at 1:07, Jester wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 19 Nov 1996 01:07:37 -0500
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> From:          Jester <Jester at snet.net>
> Subject:       Last WASTE of time (was alt.books.pynchon)

> Hi all,
> 
> Well, that was a colossal waste of time.  Well, not really, I did
> learn a few things.
> 
> 1) It's not always a good thing to answer email "right away."
> 2) It's usually a good thing to think before responding to email
> (see 1). 3) Sometimes reading and rereading someone's post is
> important BEFORE responding         (related to 1 and 2). 4) Not
> everyone is part of a "System," and "out to get you." 5) I like
> Pynchon-L, and the community it serves.
> 
> Now, that said, I would like to apologize for some of my hasty, and
> partially -- though not entirely emotional responses to RedBug and
> Andrew. I thought I brought up some very good points, but in the
> end, I've got to tell you all, I've reconsidered my original
> proposal and have decided NOT to create the newsgroup.  Though it
> did sound like a really good idea, I think that the "disadvantages"
> do outweigh the "advantages," and that in the end, it might wind up
> being a waste of time.
> 
> I would like to formally thank Andrew for his later posting, which
> brought some very important issues to the discussion, and especially
> davemarc, whose posting tipped the scale.
> 
> Most of my decision to NOT create the group had much to do with the
> negative experiences some of you have reported from newsgroups such
> as alt.books and such.  I thought the idea to ADVERTISE Pynchon-L
> was a good one, and I'll be adding such information to my WWW page
> and will post to newsgroups the pertinent info.
> 
> Please, to all concerned.  None of my postings were meant to be
> inflammatory, and I likewise did not interpret any of yours' as
> such.  I count the whole discussion as a learning experience, and a
> good example of how such a forum as Pynchon-L better the Internet
> community.
> 
> Thanks all,
> JJ  "Jester"
> 
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