Klarinet Archive - Posting 000601.txt from 2001/09

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inappropriate
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:16:17 -0400

What is your age, Robyn?

GaryT

RobynB1070@-----.com wrote:
>
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> I have been a lurker of this list for about 6 months now. I want to thank
> those of you who have written with your advice to me and to other people. As
> a college freshman, I have found the list quite helpful in diagnosing my
> problems and alerting me to new products and recordings. I, however, having
> watched the nonsense that has gone on over the past few days, now feel that
> it is not a good use of my time to continue receiving these messages. I was
> touched by the verse that was sent in on Tuesday that started the whole
> argument, aghast that someone would take offense at it in a time when our
> thoughts should be elsewhere, and agreed completely with the person who said
> "leave it to this group to have this type of conversation". America has
> undergone the worst attack in its history, but instead of sending out our
> sympathy to the victims and trying to help in some way, this list has "swam
> in circles" about a pointless debate. When 5,000 Americans are trapped and
> killed under the rubble, this list is bickering about a religious debate.
> Does this debate help those who are trapped in the rubble? Does this debate
> help those friends and relatives of those people? Does it help the
> government, the economy, and the rest of the country pick up the pieces? I
> didn't think so.
>
> If you are Christian, fine. So am I. If you are atheist, fine. That
> doesn't bother me. This is not the time or the place to discuss these
> things. I believe in the constitutional right to freedom of speech, and I
> understand that people on this list have vast differences in their belief
> systems. But if this tragedy has taught us anything, it's that we need to
> all come together as one people. We are all part of the human race. That is
> the one thing we all have in common. So, though I am leaving this list, I
> ask that you as a group cease this petty discussion. Maybe in peace time,
> the discussion would be fruitful and informative, but now? No. Please, from
> one human to another, put aside these issues, and get back to music and
> clarinet. Those discussions are what this board is for, as they are the most
> constructive ways to spend your time, rather than pointless arguing.
>
> Your fellow human being,
>
> Robyn
>
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