Poet and Jill, you may have noticed that I was the first to disagree with straightlife. I did it in three sentences, as I recall. I meant to do it by PM, but messed up the post.
Poet's response was, imo, excessive and a near flame. Certainly flammable. Poet's "kick ass" sign off was, obviously, a negative, aggressive, emotition-filled adjective that, simply, was unnecessary.
I believe that we have been able to avoid negative emotion on this thread, until now, with an ethic of restraint, PMs, or an occasional cold shoulder to those who simply refuse to be civil and kind on this thread.
Uncle Frank has worked hard to maintain the decorum and ethics of this thread. He has problably made a number of people angry via PMs for his rebukes. This is a guess by me, of course. The fact that the anger did NOT turn into public flames says a lot about Frank's manners and methods.
I, for one, believe that Uncle Frank has apologized openly and sincerely, but that doesn't seem to be enough for Poet and Jill. He was right to apologize, but he was also right to object to the "kick ass" remark. Tell me if I am wrong, Poet and Jill.
I hope Frank will step out of the penalty box. I also hope that Poet will take the criticism about the kick ass remark to heart and move on with us. As for Frank using the word "girls", well I don't mind being called being included as one of the "boys" here, so I can't relate to the issue. Work it out or at least put the term in context.
BTW, piling on Frank is very inappropriate and subtracts from all the positive testimonials.
Jerry |
