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Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Update on Nelson rant: It seems that everyone has calmed down a bit and will be acting most responsibly next time someones' posts annoy them... :-)
I've done a better-than-deserved job of forgiving the lad of his past comments to me and others, and he's done a good job of changing his ways once everyone got communicating effectivly. No wonder I've got this reputation of being WW's Mom... that's kind of funny!


This whole thing about Nelson these days is getting really annoying. I'm not even so much worried about Nelson, because he does appear to be trying to fit in, even if his posts over-anxious and pushes the etiquette envelope. He reminds me more of the kid who tagged along with the crowd where that kid tried so hard to be accepted that he made an oddball of himself. Now, the crowd he was tagging along with could be mature and ignore the questionable comments and praise the rational. Or the crowd could show how narrow they can be by only seeing the bad, trying to get a rise, not using email for comments that they wouldn't want the world to hear if they were spoken to them instead. Treat others as you would want to be treated, even if they are having difficulty treating you that way in return. Perhaps you can't remember your own off days, your own days of not knowing etiquette, your (yes, perhaps in this case seemingly endless) days of annoying other people. Perhaps it wasn't here online, perhaps it wasn't even within the last 10 years or more, but let me tell you; none of us was always as perfect as we'd like to think we are. I think we can all get off our high horses here because negativity is contagious and now I'm getting mad at everyone, not just Nelson. And I'm obviously not the only one. Nelson may have a different sense of how the world works, and a different sense of what's deemed appropriate in 'social' settings, but no one has to be sensitive about everything and make trouble by posting mean-spirited responses on forums not intended for such purposes. Be sensible people. Think before you submit. Re-read your own emails... would you want people bringing up such topics on the forums instead of via email? I'm absolutly amazed to see some of the posts by some people who have been here long enough and seemed mature enough that they wouldn't say such things in such a public and insensitive manner. Sure, Nelson sometimes appears to be lacking in manners and maturity himself, but come on! Let's be examples, not aggrivators.


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