Tom,
I don' t see you as part of the problem at all. It is true that the list
has changed a lot since I first joined, and folks don't seem able (as a
group) to have a civil, unemotional discussion about computer platforms.
sorry to see that you got caught up in the crossfire. Hope you will
reconsider sticking around as if you leave, it will be one more of the
'original' (to me) list members gone, and with it some of the original
camaraderie.
Jim Couch
Tom Scales wrote:
> Perhaps I am part of the problem, but I'm not feeling the camaraderie and
> fun from this list that I have for the 9 years that I have been a member.
> Since I no longer use OM, I stayed around because I enjoyed the people and
> the lighthearted tangents that the threads often took.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not feeling the love anymore :)
>
> The latest personal attack was just a symptom. If we can't have a
> discussion about the pros and cons of the platform on which we work without
> being called a troll, what's the point? Should I have posted my comments?
> Well, I guess not, but my comments were never intended as a personal attack.
>
> I still have gotten so many excellent pointers to improve my photography
> that it has been worth it to read about cameras I don't own.
>
> Most importantly, this list has been a family to me through the good times
> and the bad that my family and I have experienced. I know people here only
> from the list but there is a core that I know if I showed up at their
> doorstep, they would invite me in and ask me to dinner.
>
> I have never belonged to a group anything like this one. I consider you
> all, or at least most of you, true friends. I thank you all for your
> support during the tough times.
>
> I'll probably still let the messages go into a folder just so I can see [OM]
> when I wake up in the morning, but I probably won't read them like I used
> to.
>
> If anyone wants to contact me personally, I use my real email address here.
> That alone says something about this list. All my other memberships go to a
> spoofed email address.
>
> No point in commenting on this post. I don't mean to start a he said/he said
> thread.
>
> Maybe I'll be back. Maybe not. It's been great.
>
> Tom
>
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