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- From: GRYMBLE GRUMBLE <williama@kenyon.edu>
- Subject: EVERTHING RIGHT IS WRONG AGAIN...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.065933.8805@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: mmdf@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU (Mail System)
- Reply-To: williama@kenyon.edu
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:59:33 GMT
- Lines: 54
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- Howdy peoples,
-
- It seems like the fires are still burning all over the
- net. I want to try and throw some water on them because I feel as if
- I was the start of all this insanity. I just have some psuedo-aphorisms
- for everyone to ponder over. One of the main reasons I became a
- philosophy major was to learn more about humanity and ethics. Without
- sounding too much like a blowhard, I want to give us all some things
- to think about before we go and post that message...
-
- 1. Try to let everyone have there say because everyone should
- have their say no matter how good or bad. However, to attack
- a person is not to attack what they are saying.
-
- 2. Try to identify with everyone. This may be difficult but try to see
- things from everyone's perspective. Oldtimers may not understood
- the newcomers and vice versa but they should at least try. Everyone
- has different reasons for being on the network and while they are not
- all respectable, they at least should be respected.
-
- 3. All this hate that I'm feeling now over the net has me really bummed
- out. One reason is that my personal life can at times be trying and the
- net was always a place for me to get along with people. I don't want this
- to come off wrong but as one of the (probably) few black netters I am
- often times at shows reluctant to run up to others and start rapping
- because most times I just get this strange "why are you here look".
- Now of course, this is not to imply anything about anyone. All I am
- saying is we need to chill out and realize we are all one here for a
- certain purpose. We should not be divided into elite, newcomer, druggy,
- whatever. WE ARE ALL GLIDES and that is the imporatnat thing. Why should
- it be about how many tapes you have or shows you've seen or times you
- have met the guys? We are equal for the mere fact that we ALL LOVE THE
- MUSIC!
-
- 4. Shows are directly affected by the people that attend them. Now someone
- wrote to me and told me that they were in fact thinking of selling tix
- at the show (Roseland) until they saw both my post and the reaction to it.
- Someone also wrote to me that I should expose the netters who were
- scalping at I show I went to. I am not going to *expose* anyone because
- people are free to do what they want. I do feel good though that someone
- understood what I was trying to say (albeit in a very poor way) and have
- changed.
-
- Now this whole thing has turned out to be much longer than I expected and
- already I have broken my pact of only writing posts with phish content.
- I do feel that it is important for all this to stop though. I've been
- labeled as everything from a "scumscalper" to a "weenie and a tool"
- (thanks Janice!) The mob has to disperse at some time, so let's try to
- make it soon, o.k.? :^)
-
- Hugs across the net,
- dre. :^)
-
- "none buy ourselves can free our minds..." - Bob Marley "Redemption song"
-