Again John, excellent reporting. Thanks. In terms of the comments, other than "personal" shout outs to John for his outstanding work, I shall be absent from the comments page. The past couple of weeks I have read the kinds of vitriol, most of it in the form of mindless verbal attacks on the member of the tribe who happened to express a t…
Again John, excellent reporting. Thanks. In terms of the comments, other than "personal" shout outs to John for his outstanding work, I shall be absent from the comments page. The past couple of weeks I have read the kinds of vitriol, most of it in the form of mindless verbal attacks on the member of the tribe who happened to express a thought that unsettled the attacker. I thought Twitter was the world for this. None of these were aimed at me, but for me amounted to something I have chosen to avoid. Two words for those who are compelled to aggressively play in this arena: compassion, and breathe. Charlie
I'll do a better job policing this forum. You add something. So do a lot of others. But this isn't going to turn into a cesspool. If you can point me to the column... I'd be happy to examine.
John, thanks. I in no way would want to be considered as thinking that it is your job to police others' responses, they are what they are, but just to point out that one turd can ruin the soup. Knowing human behavior I wasn't attempting to change any behavior, just announcing my desire to avoid this, like a I do cable news. Your column and this chat box are both great experiences, no intention of reflect negatively on you in any way, and truth be known I am probably way out over my skis. In my dotage I still tend to over-react. Play on.
Again John, excellent reporting. Thanks. In terms of the comments, other than "personal" shout outs to John for his outstanding work, I shall be absent from the comments page. The past couple of weeks I have read the kinds of vitriol, most of it in the form of mindless verbal attacks on the member of the tribe who happened to express a thought that unsettled the attacker. I thought Twitter was the world for this. None of these were aimed at me, but for me amounted to something I have chosen to avoid. Two words for those who are compelled to aggressively play in this arena: compassion, and breathe. Charlie
I'll do a better job policing this forum. You add something. So do a lot of others. But this isn't going to turn into a cesspool. If you can point me to the column... I'd be happy to examine.
John, thanks. I in no way would want to be considered as thinking that it is your job to police others' responses, they are what they are, but just to point out that one turd can ruin the soup. Knowing human behavior I wasn't attempting to change any behavior, just announcing my desire to avoid this, like a I do cable news. Your column and this chat box are both great experiences, no intention of reflect negatively on you in any way, and truth be known I am probably way out over my skis. In my dotage I still tend to over-react. Play on.
Charlie
I'm happy to do it. I want this comment section to stay smart.