Posted by Les on December 09, 2000 at 14:25:37:
In Reply to: narrowmindedness posted by Gene on December 09, 2000 at 11:57:35:
Gene: I am quite well educated, thank you, Les. Enough for this board, I would think. And it would appear that I don't, unlike the ones who chose to jump all over me for asking a simple question, make sweeping generalizations about other people.
Les: First off, you never asked a simple question. If you had you would have gotten a polite answer. Check your previous post. There is not a question mark in it.
Second: You state,"I don't...make sweeping generalizations about other people" Please see your previous post "...suffer from over-censorship by the blue-haired old lady crowd" This sounds like a sweeping generalization to me, and an inaccurate one since the webmaster is neither and old lady, have blue hair or has censored a single post.
Gene: Ever take a course in logic, guys?
Les: Had you read, with logic in mind, most of the posts about profanity, you would have realized it was a software filtering problem, a filter created out of need and supported by the majority of the people on this board, which operated without such a filter for three years without a problem. When this board discusses cameras and other related material, there is no problem.
Gene: "Such hostility!!"
Les: Please see your previous post, "For God's sake people get a life... I'm not interested in your pathetic thin skinned sensitivity." It was you that started the hostility.
Gene: "Social incest, they call it--Can't tolerate an outside viewpoint."
Les: If you are speaking about new people that just bought a large format camera and have questions or revelations about the history of Graflex then you are way off base.
On the other hand if your "outside viewpoint" is that held by a group of people who believe a movie is a religion, try to further their view point with 4 letter words, have tried to shut this board down and threatened my property and my life, then yes I am guilty of bias, bigotry and 'social incest' as you say. But then I don't try to shut their boards down. ( see "I need a Graflex 3-cell" by Photo Phil and "Photo Phil Stikes Back" on 11/20 and 11/21)
Also note that this board, unlike many other boards, does not ask you to sign in or join up. Anybody can still post a message without giving out an email address or even their real name, and nobody has been banned from the board. Hardly a zenophobic mechanism.
Gene: By the way, my occupation is that of a newspaper editor. My
job is to ask questions--
Very well, ask questions politely and you will be welcomed with open arms, at least from me. If I have an answer I will gladly share it, even if it's an inkling or something that's been asked many times before. If you know of something that contradicts something on the website then please post it, again politely, and we will all benefit.