[MR] A little more on competitions

[Jim Layne]

--- "David W. James" <vnend at adelphia.net> wrote:
> On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Becky
> McEllistrem wrote:
> > --- Kevin and Lora <knightfall at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >> Brigantia wrote:
>
> >> All of the comments I'm reading just serve to
> >> re-inforce my desire to not
> >> have competitions. People are always
> hurt/offended.
>
> > I'm really not trying to be rude but are you
> jumping
> > to conclusions?  Sometimes people are offended.
> But
> > from what I'm hearing I see lots more cases where
> > people aren't.
>
> > I haven't seen people hurt or offended at dozens
> of
> > events.  Sometimes people are and sometimes people
> > aren't.  To make a global statement like that
> seems a
> > little strange.
>
> > Rebecca
>
> 	Well, I'm seeing more from folks who were offended
> or otherwise put
> off of such competitions, but that is perfectly
> understandable; it is
> far easier to remember and makes a much better story
> if you are
> offended or get weird, inappropriate comments.  "The
> commentary was
> useful and informative and the judges seemed to go
> out of their way to
> avoid making me feel bad", while what we would like
> to hear, isn't
> going to get the headlines (or stick in the memory)
> any more than
> 'Scout helps little old lady across the street.'
> would make the front
> page of the NY Times.  Unless said Scout was an emu
> (and in that
> particular part of the East, possibly not even
> then...)
>
> David/Kwellend-Njal
> who has never entered an A&S competition, but has a
> couple of ideas
> trying to gel anyway...
>
>
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