[GSBN] your comments on gsbn for mark

[John Swearingen]

I agree with De Wreck.  My comments on this thread were directed towards the
experienced people on the list, and although I don't regret what I said, I
would have phrased things differently had I been talking to him.

John "Words speak Louder" Swearingen

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Derek Roff <derek at unm.edu> wrote:

> I am appreciative of Mark's calm, reasoned response to the statements by
> James.  When I read eight negatively-loaded words/phrases in James' one
> short paragraph, I'm hesitant to say more.
>
> I'm curious as to how this discussion is developing.  Someone forwarded
> something from this so-called private list, to James, or someone else who
> eventually got some comments to James.  James responded in some way (not
> directly to Mark), which got to the list manager, who forwarded the message
> to Mark.  Seemingly with an email address that didn't make it into the
> discussion so far.  Not long after receiving Mark's response, I got another
> GSBN posting from <ejgeorge at riseup.net>. So far as I can tell, this is a
> reposting of Mark's message, with a different first line and the lack of
> some of Mark's formatting.
>
> This list is not secret, but I would like to have an idea of who is
> involved in a discussion.  And as James' response indicates, it is easy to
> generate bad feelings, or start a flame war, by pulling comments out of the
> discussion context, and forwarding them to people who don't have experience
> with nor connection to this list community. I'd like to know who is involved
> in this discussion, beyond the list members, and how the communication
> conduit with them is being managed.
>
> Derelict
>
>
> --On Friday, June 19, 2009 8:08 PM -0400 Mark Piepkorn <
> mark at buildinggreen.com> wrote some very nice, calm words, responding to
> someone named James, who said:
>
>  just saw your comments on my home in hot springs, in regard to my
>> system of straw bale building... you should really do some research
>> before you spout off.... I would be glad to clear up all those
>> missconceptions for you if you would care to engage in some open
>> dialouge,,, but please get the facts before you condemn,,, reminds
>> me of all those closed minded rednecks I have all around me. hope
>> to hear from ya   james in hot springs south dakota
>>
>
>
>
> Derek Roff
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