On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:18:49 -0600 Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> I may have been the first one to back Wally a few days ago.  I said
> that I agree
> with his ideas 100% so far.  He is intelligent and well informed.  I
> also
> described his tone as "perhaps a bit rough."  But from there, there
> seemed to be
> a snowball effect of people echoing not only his excellent ideas and
> persuasive
> arguments but his rough tone as well.

> I am direct, I get to the point, I don't mess around with trivia.  Those
are virtues, not vices.  I do not engage in insults, profanity, or
personal attack.  So tell me, PLEASE...  what do YOU see as rough, or in
any way improper about my messages?


Wally, your directness is refreshing, your command of the facts beyond reproach.
But, like it or not, your tone is rough.  I cannot prove this to you any more
than I can explain to a pig what wallowing around in the mud does to him.  He
thinks dirt is good.  You think being offensive makes you the winner of an
argument