NP Elementary (school), Watson

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 29 09:33:48 CDT 2002


Normally I wouldn't repost quite so much, but ...

--- cj hurtt <cj6 at casco.net> wrote:
> well since i'm in a mood to throw in my 2 cents, i'm
> going to. i have to agree that the chasing away of
> new subscribers is not only annoying and childish
> but seems to run counter to the whole idea of this
> list. sadly, this kind of pettiness and elitism is
> inevitable in this forum. lit breeds elitism. little
> clubs and clubs within clubs are bound to grow in
> this kind of environment...always hostile to
> outsiders. always quick to snub someone's "obvious"
> observation or engage in some sort of tired semantic
> battle or smash someone for the fun of it. the
> one-upmanship in assholery here is astounding.
> as for doug: god knows i've had my clashes with him
> in the past..especially when i first joined this
> list in 97 or 98. but i have also had many pleasant
> conversations with him on and off list. he is not
> the ass he gets painted out to be. and before anyone
> gets paranoid, no i am not doug. my real name
> is cj hurtt and i am very easy to find. furthermore,
> i have no allegiance to any of the piss war factions
> here. i like doug, jbor, david morris, and the
> rest of y'all equally. but, some of the attitudes
> are fucking annoying. well, i'm done
> rambling....back to quietness.

Hear hear.  I second that e-motion ...

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