[Fwd: BIKE: The "road lobby"] - anybody want to be a DJ?

[Mike Dahmus]

Librik or Babich wrote:

>Mike Dahmus wrote:
>
>  
>
>But this brings up one important and rather non-negotiable point. A difference in
>opinion needs to be taken as a good thing and should be handled maturely. I know
>that a hurly-burly of screaming, sneering, and flaming is popular with some
>audiences,
>
Yes. For instance, these examples of sneering were found on the 
austin-bikes list over the last few days:

"Mike Dahmus shrieked:"

"then winds up with this impressive blast"

"Wow. Is everyone alright? My modem got a little warm toting all that 
vituperation."

Obviously the unidentified individual who wrote those passages prefers 
sneering to screaming and flaming. Others may prefer a different mix of 
immature behavior, apparently. Fred, for instance, clearly prefers the 
flaming.

For instance, another unidentified individual just posted a personal 
email to the public forum without either asking permission or making it 
clear in advance that they would do so.

Folks, listen to me well:

I have no problem responding with personal attacks when I have, in fact, 
been personally attacked. Whether the initiator is Roger (by ascribing 
devious motivations to me that he knows are a lie), or Mike Librik 
deciding to pile on to defend him, I don't care. Asking me at that point 
to remain genteel and above the fray is not going to help you - because 
I'm making a conscious decision to fight fire with fire. Mama didn't 
raise no sucker here.

Regards,
MD