7 Dec
2017
7 Dec
'17
5:27 a.m.
So, I'm getting the impression, from the reactions about civility, etc, that
people aren't disagreeing with the characterization of "rudeness" (which
can
only be meaning my posts). Can someone please point to text in my messages
which they consider "rude"? Thanks.
Noel
7 Dec
7 Dec
11:28 a.m.
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Hi Noel,
So, I'm getting the impression, from the
reactions about civility,
etc, that people aren't disagreeing with the characterization of
"rudeness" (which can only be meaning my posts). Can someone please
point to text in my messages which they consider "rude"? Thanks.
I've just read through a large backlog and so saw all the emails in
quick succession, and have then re-read from the archive. I can't point
to ones where you were rude. You politely disagreed with recollections,
e.g. from Deborah, giving references to literature, or statements, e.g.
Jon F.'s `LBL has never been part of UC Berkeley'. You may have been
pedantic, but you didn't make it personal, and I saw no rampant ego.
This is a history list and, though in living memory, much of it is
unwritten, vague, and contradictory. If we're not allowed to politely
disagree then we won't work to clarify.
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8 Dec
8 Dec
5:24 a.m.
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On 12/6/17 11:27 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
So, I'm getting the impression, from the
reactions about civility, etc, that
people aren't disagreeing with the characterization of "rudeness" (which
can
only be meaning my posts). Can someone please point to text in my messages
which they consider "rude"? Thanks.
Noel
Noel,
Yikes! I admit to reacting to the content of Deborah's email comments
about how things used to be and on a general level without doing my due
diligence and checking into the specific conversation that sparked the
appeal. If the conversation she was referring to was your ARPAnet
clarification, and I fear it was, then was I ever out of line for
commenting about civility, and I'd like to set the record straight here.
I have since done my due diligence and read through the ARPAnet thread,
and your comments were direct, for sure, but not at all inappropriate
given the personal experience you have with this particular group and
the circumstances of the events in question. It would seem that my
sentiments while well-meaning ,and generally sound, were mistakenly
motivated by what appears to have been a skewed understanding, and you
have my apologies for the unintended implications of my civility and
netiquette comments. I apologize.
Regards,
Will
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