Well, gang, it finally happened.
Exactly nine minutes after I posted the following, my ATML plug was
pulled. So much for tolerance.
Lucian
Wingfoot
wrote:
<<Kahley, thank you for apologizing for your
breach
of list etiquette. That should bring this matter to
a close.
Now we can focus back on our normal Trail
and hiking
discussions.>>
I found this both patronizing and misleading,
given the fact that what
Kahley was apologizing for was NOT her original
post but rather for not
taking the matter private sooner. She
wasn't apologizing for her original
post, which was innocuous and
attacked unnecessarily bitterly.
But this isn't about female hygiene
or sources of info anymore. It's about
tolerance and respect for
differing opinions. For her defense of Kahley, KC
was kicked off
all the lists. This is downright pathological.
I'm curious,
though, as to whether we will see apologies from the two people
who DID
engage in unseemly personal attacks (on Kahley and KC). Or does
a
double standard exist with respect to "list
etiquette"?
I again plea for tolerance and a tolerance that
applies to everyone.