[s-cars] M Coupes and name calling.... EVERYONE please read

[tblack]

Thank you, Darin. This has been one sick thread from the beginning. Anyone
that can put a "fun factor" into such a stupid act as this truely needs some
head straightening.
Tom Black.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darin Nederhoff" <editor at s-cars.org>
To: "S-CAR LIST" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: [s-cars] M Coupes and name calling.... EVERYONE please read


>
> Well, it looks like you kids have had a busy night. I awoke this morning
> to find my inbox still smoldering.
>
> First of all, this topic is officially OVER. Back to your corners
everyone.
>
> I have read through all of the flames in the order that they were sent
> and as soon as I read Paul's initial post I knew he was going to be
> burned at the stake by the list. Paul, I think I can related to the
> "rush" you felt having survived the ordeal unscathed. While I have never
> crashed a car in my life, my long time love for cycling has resulted in
> more than my fair share of spills. When you survive a fantastic crash
> and walk away you definitely feel a rush or high.... serious adrenaline!
> I suspect you posted your message when you were still feeling this
> 'survival high'. Hopefully you've calmed down enough to fully take in
> the severity of what happened or what could have happened. C'mon now, 90
> in a 25 zone? That is absolutely insane.
>
> Were the list members a bit hard on you Paul? Sure, but I think for good
> reason. While you might not believe it, list members actually care about
> the health and survival of the other list members. They may have been
> harsh and condescending, but hey, I probably would have been too. You
> can't expect to throw a post out there as you did and not have people
> comment on it. Hopefully you could swallow the lumps and move on.
>
> Then it happened.... Paul got jiggy with it. Uh Paul? Are you absolutely
> SURE you didn't take a hard whack to the head in that roll? In the
> history of this list I have never seen a retaliatory post as immature as
> yours. Resorting to personal attacks on Teddy and Bob in particular was
> completely uncalled-for. After these messages were posted to the list I
> got a deluge of e-mail from members of the list wishing to have you
> banned from the list. You're still young, why burn all your bridges now?
> Save some for later Paul.
>
> So what do we do now? In the history of these lists I have never had to
> kick anyone off the list. I'm going to wait a few days and see if we
> can't recover a bit from this. At the very least Paul, I think you owe
> both Teddy and Bob a sincere apology. If you're not big enough to
> understand why, then maybe a little cooling off period off list is in
> order. I've not known you to act like this Paul and I must admit it
> shocked the hell outta me. Go back and read what you posted about Teddy
> and Bob (among others).... good God man, are you serious? Hopefully you
> can see what I mean here. ;-) For now Paul, you're on probation for a
> little while. Hopefully you can chill out, mend some bridges, and become
> a productive part of the list again. Fair enough?
>
> To the list members who engaged in tearing Paul a new a$$hole.... guys
> guys guys. eesh! I know where you are coming from and I knew it was
> coming as soon as I read Paul's post. While I think a dose of humility
> was good for Paul, I think that the driver of the car was more deserving
> of the "fan mail" than Paul was... at least at first. Have any of you
> ever seen the movie Office Space? If not, there is a young cubicle
> warrior in the movie who makes one mistake while creating some reports.
>  From the point on, everybody and their brother goes out of their way to
> mention his mistake to him and inquire as to whether he got the memo
> about the correct procedure to follow. Obviously, when we screw up it is
> no fun to be reminded of it over and over and to have it rammed down our
> throats.
>
> Let's all just take a moment and relax and see if we can't recover from
> this one. If not, I've got the Ax sharpened and ready. You get one
> warning on this list. If you still can't play well with others then you
> get removed. This goes for everyone. Either play nice or stay the hell
> out of the sandbox. ;-)
>
> Once again, this topic is OVER. Do not reply to this topic on the list.
> If you still have issues, please contact me directly.
>
> Peace.
>
>
> Darin
> S-CARS.ORG
>
>
>
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