A thought for Madrid...

[jim_stone]

@sheryl_coleman

@jim stone

If you read the earlier posts in this thread, Sheryl,
I think you will find another explanation.

I have read the posts. I can see your point, but I do not agree.

@jim stone

I’m saddened that a thread that began with
an expression of sympathy to the Spanish people
so quickly turned to criticizing people in this
forum for not doing what the critics have
repeatedly appealed to them not to do.
This thread strikes me as mean spirited,
and at the worst imaginable juncture.

I didn’t realize I was criticizing anyone. I was just mentioning what in my opinion was a correlation. As far as “what the critics have repeatedly appealed to them not to do” I’m not sure what you mean… post OTs? I was not aware one was not to do that on the board. (If this is the case, there sure seem like a lot of OTs though.)

@jim stone

Let me say this clearly: anybody with
fingers and internet access who complaiins
that there was no thread here earlier
is in bad faith. Why should anybody else
be more responsible for its absence than
yourself?

I’ll try to say this clearly too. I wasn’t complaining, just pointing out what to me seems a correlation. Although you can never be sure of exactly where someone may be coming from when they post, I hope you didn’t read my post as being “mean spirited” or in “bad faith” as it was certainly not meant that way.

All the best,
Sheryl

We’ve been here for years, many of us, you see.
There have been quite a few posts and threads
about politics, the war, Europe, and so on. There was
continually more protest that these were getting
in the way of the board’s purpose, and some of us
were advised not to do it, so we pretty much
stopped, out of deference to these people
who minded. That is one of the reasons why
we didn’t start this one, we were deferring
to those who have appealed to us to lay off,
some of whom are now criticizing us for
not starting this thread.

When we wish
to express sympathy concerning
the next catastrophe, things will be simpler
and more satisfying if (a) people who didn’t
start the thread refrain from expressing
dismay that others didn’t start it, and (b)
people who didn’t start it refrain
from offering explanations of
why these others didn’t do what
they didn’t do, either. Best

[Chuck_Clark]

@jim stone

We’ve been here for years, many of us, you see.
There have been quite a few posts and threads
about politics, the war, Europe, and so on. There was
continually more protest that these were getting
in the way of the board’s purpose, and some of us
were advised not to do it, so we pretty much
stopped, out of deference to these people
who minded. That is one of the reasons why
we didn’t start this one, we were deferring
to those who have appealed to us to lay off,
some of whom are now criticizing us for
not starting this thread.

When we wish
to express sympathy concerning
the next catastrophe, things will be simpler
and more satisfying if (a) people who didn’t
start the thread refrain from expressing
dismay that others didn’t start it, and (b)
people who didn’t start it refrain
from offering explanations of
why these others didn’t do what
they didn’t do, either. Best

Well said, Jim