[MR] Cesspool (was: Atlantia Digest, Vol 103, Issue 73)

[David Chessler]

As some of you have noticed, I read the East Kingdom list fairly regularly. I
have not noticed any greater--or lesser--degree of civility there. I have
noticed a lot less "general information" on the EK list. A lot less about
upcoming events. A lot less about someone's findings in history, etc. (Yes,
Garth, I appreciate you.) Few or no announcements of books, or events.

Right now there's a pointless discussion about illuminating the roads at
Pennsic. No discussion about hurricane safety or refuges, even though they're
going to get hit at least as hard as we will. Few discussions of "how to do
it." Frankly, it's much more of a waste of time than any of the Atlantia lists
I follow. And everyone seems to want to get his 2 cents in. Some digests have
three or four messages from the same person (who may actually be an Atlantian,
but who doesn't grace us with as many messages, for which I am truly
grateful).

There are some groups of grouches (IMNotSoHO) on this list and on the East
Kingdom list, but that's been true since BBSs and Usenet in the 1970s, and
some of them are active on this list at present, and some were active on East
Kingdom a couple of days ago. No problem, and I have to say, I haven't seen a
good flame war since the passing of RIME and Fidonet over a decade ago (but I
don't read Usenet regularly). 

And there's always the DELETE key.

--

YIS

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
Storvik (rapier)
Roxbury Mill (other things) 

Typical Atlantian Thug.

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:53:12 PM EDT
From: Catherine Clark <clothier16c at hotmail.com>
To: <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: Re: [MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 103, Issue 73

> 
> Indeed Merry Rose DOES have a bad reputation in other kingdoms. Which is not
what should be. I've so often gotten the "why ever do you read that trash?" 
look or query that I no longer admit publicly at Pennsic or other events that
I look at the site.
>  
> I do read occasionally, just to see what is going on. Mostly I dump it
without reading. 
>  
> Only once have I posted. I was so vilified by people who should know better
that until now I have not posted again. Incidentally, their information was
wrong. 
>  
> I agree that the site would be much more pleasant if the behavior matched
the original SCA Ideals.
>  
> I took out all the previous discussion because emails should be trimmed.
>  
> Chabrier
>  
> 
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