It is more appropriate for two people squabbling about attitudes to go on
private email and not involve the whole group.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "rick strong" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: negativity on the list


> When is this incessant b.s. going to end?  How many posts have been
devoted
> to this annoying ego dance?  Most of the long-timers on this list know
that
> the evolutionary record is often cryptic and challenging and open to much
> debate.  Paleo diet is prime territory for interpretation of ambiguous
> pieces of the fossil record and the overlay of present medical research.
I
> am not one of the primary contributors but I am a devoted "listener."  I
> appreciate healthy debate that includes references to the popular and peer
> reviewed literature as well as personal anecdote and success (and failure)
> stories in this collective interest we share.  I hope I am not alone in
> feeling discomforted by presumptive pronouncements, bullying, and
dismissive
> stereotyping.  The day that everyone on the list "agrees,"  the list will
> probably quickly die.  BUT, shouldn't one or two "personal" swipes in
public
> be enough.  Why not take the ego bs off the list and fight it out on
> personal bandwidth.  It's enough to drive me to go watch the NBA.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Wally Ballou
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [P-F] negativity on the list
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:25:12 EST "M.E. C" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> > She may have become defensive after you came on so strong....I found
> > your
> > comment of "sweetie" and "oh,you're one of those" to be rude and
> > condescending toward women...just my interpretation, that's the way
> > it sounded to me.
>
> Those were in reaction to her initial attacks upon me.  Try going back to
> BEFORE she started accusing me of attacking her.  In other forums, the
> attacks she made upon me would have brought FAR more "colorful" replies
> than the very restrained comments you quote.
>
> Go back to the first message in which she accuses me of attacking her,
> the go BACK to the message from me that she's replying to...  If you find
> fault with me THERE, I'll listen, but anything thereafter must be
> interpreted in the context of replying to unsubstantiated and unrelenting
> attack (as the above quotes were).
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