Excessive number of postings on GoCamino

[Forbes Christian A]

I agree in part with Innes-Michailov on the subject of her message (below).
Pederson's response was not the epitome of diplomacy.

But, I feel like I have signed up to a chatroom, and often wished I had not,
so I agree mostly with Pederson  He (I assume he's a he) after all replied
to her in private and this is how I understood that we were generally
supposed to respond to messages from GOCAMINO.  To avoid the risk of being
accused of spamming, I think we should all take a moment to think before we
hit the reply button and ask ourselves whether the average person would be
interested in what we have to say.  I have to say that, based on what I have
read, more often than not most of the responses should have been made
privately.  Since signing up to GOCAMINO I have read a handful of items of
interest but have had to sift through a lot of what to me is junk, and only
loads up my inbox.

For my part, I thought about making this a private response to
Innes-Michailov, but felt comfortable that a response from a member of the
GOCAMINO silent majority would be of general interest, particularly as she
elevated her indignation to everyone's attention.  I am a peace loving guy
and hope that the spirit of El Camino and GOCAMINO can help us all stay on
the peaceful path that we believe our beloved Santiago trod.

I hope I have not offended anyone, especially Innes-Michailov or Pederson.

Chris Forbes

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Innes-Michailov [mailto:andreaaCORP.IDT.NET]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:00 PM
To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
Subject: Re: Excessive number of postings on GoCamino


To E. O. Pederson:

I suppose my first response to your letter was to feel shamed.  But that is
not going to be me any more.  How dare you tell me what to write or not to
write in such a rude insulting  manner.  You are free to delete my responses
all you want but not to tell me what to write nor are you free to speak for
the rest of the group either.  I have posted your letter to the group.
Obviously you make the pilgrimage for other reasons other than new age
musings or dealing with grief.  Good for you.   I also suppose that you
spend a lot of your time telling other people what to do.  Funny that the
result of all the conversations about boots and backpacks was to be told
(nicely) to check the archives as we were repeating the information we could
find there.  So what is left to talk about?  Truth is we can talk about what
we want and you can delete to your hearts content.  Had you been kinder
about it, more tactful, perhaps I could have been the same.

Andrea Innes-Michailov