I must say that seeing so much energy, time and talent wasted in flame wars sometimes makes me sick.

It is normal to experience conflicts once in a while. It is a price to pay for diversity. However, if we want to reach a wider (hence more diverse) audience, we will have to learn to handle them without getting too much carried away.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Thu Feb 19th, 2009 at 07:07:53 PM EST
Same here: I could only watch in bafflement while the discussion that originally started with an exchange of word plays (a regular feature), suddenly went into a tailspin for no apparent (at least to me) reason, despite repeated pleas for cool down from you.

Diversity is an asset to ET, not a liability.

Conflict is inevitable indeed, but we all have to learn, well, to get along (sorry for the cliché).

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Fri Feb 20th, 2009 at 03:15:26 PM EST
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