I had already turned on emergency moderation mode to try and stem the tide of this escalating further. I had also already emailed a few people off-list about this, which is primarily how it should be handled. Those who should have been corrected... were. Quietly.
I'm rather tired of (a very few) people commenting "oh, this list is so much smaller than other forums" or "there's such a low SNRatio here" or "Everyone here is unfriendly (or things like that)". Screw all of that. I submit that while this list may be small, it has the best content and expertise, far better than others (I've looked). I submit that while the SNRatio gets off track once in a great while, I've seen that happen elsewhere, and at least as often if not more. Perhaps some should use their technical expertise to study the function of the "delete" key. Quite frankly I don't think it happens here all that often. Unfriendly? Perhaps there are a few that are brisque at times. On the one hand - Guess what... that's life. In any crowd there's always a few grumpy old men (of which I am one - especially at the moment), and socially well-adjusted people should learn how to deal with it and get along. On the other hand - That doesn't mean I don't correct those that need correcting (and I did) .. but I really don't need to hear the whining. It seems that there are one or two people that state they don't want to participate because of one or more of the above... yet they stay here solely to voice that opinion. Odd. J
