Re: Drivel or Lauren's "popularity pole"

Sigh!  We had nearly three weeks without any flame war on this list, and now we
have nonsense like this.  Keep peace, pals... :-)

Fang, Re:

> Lauren, re:
> 
> [...]
>
> I will say this about that... I responded to YOUR e-mail candidly and
> politely. You've chosen to embarass yourself publically, not me... Oh, and
> while you're at it, why not post the REST of the e-mail, so it's not "out of
> context"...

Without knowing the `context', I got the impression that Lauren just wanted to
point out that someone PRIVATELY calls her public notes `drivel'.  This way,
she doesn't embarass herself - she rather defends herself against being
censored somehow.  You know, we had similar things like that before...  (Of
course, you didn't ask her to stop posting off-topic matter, but at least you
seemed to suggest it.)

And as far as I remember her recent postings, she seems to be right:  Many of
her notes were interesting to read, far from being `drivel'.  If you call her
most recent thoughts about how to get to MSG etc. `drivel', well, then you are
at the very moment on the wrong list:  Many people here are planning for the
concerts at HP & MSG right now, seeking tickets, organizing meetings,
expressing their excitement, etc.  That's fine with me (and many others, I
think).  And even if I receive hundreds of messages like `hooray, got my
tickets', `darn, already sold old' next Monday, I won't complain...

Lauren, Re:

> I'm sorry to post this publicly, but it doesn't feel OK to me.  It's
> disturbing enough for me to take the personal risk of asking others to
> respond.  Do you feel this way?  Do you think it's a crock of shit?  Please
> email privately so that people reading the list needn't waste their time.
>  Thanks.

I'm sorry to have answered on the list, but since you made this dispute public,
I thought that it shouldn't be ignored completely.  (I know, I poke my nose
into everything...)

Cheers,

Bernd