I'm with Bill.  Seems over many years I've seen listers complain about
being attacked or derided
but have seen no attacks only over sensitivity.

Marie, Fairborn OH


On 3/25/2016 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Bill Whan<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> >Alex--
>> >        Jeremy took offense at a few words I wrote a couple of days ago:
>> >"Awareness of such things is something the average lister often lacks,"
>> >referring to some interesting information Casey Tucker supplied to the
>> >list. You agree with him that my remarks were grievous put-downs of
>> >other birders: words he used included "sneak," "snide," "ludicrous,"
>> >"berating," and you used words like "pestering," "bringing down,"
>> >"flat out bad," "hostile and rude," "crazy," and "wrong."
>> >        I don't know how to explain this. If I had written "birders"
>> >instead of
>> >"listers" might the reaction might have been less venomous?  Are my
>> >contributions to this list so offensive to so many readers? I think I
>> >have made many contributions to the study of Ohio birds, and I don't
>> >think I've used any of the words quoted above, but their use by others
>> >makes me reconsider participating in this forum.
>> >Bill Whan
>> >Columbus
>> >

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