On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, B.G. Sloan wrote:
> 1. I know at least one thing that probably keeps some people from
> contributing to the list...the sometimes harsh tone of disagreements
> between some regular posters.
It is somewhat manipulative and rather off-base to scapegoat the people
who express themselve "harshly" for the sensitivities of those who are
discomfited. The society as a whole is being oversensitized, and
constraint to absolute "niceness" of discourse (which manifests
itself as some form of hypnotic trance) submerges the depth of
individuals' concern. OTOH, there are people in other venues who
intentionally use vitriolic rhetoric to manipulate emotional, rather than
reasoned, responses on issues of interest. That's not likely to happen
here (IMHO?).
> ... there's
> only a small percentage of members who post to [library] list[s]
Maybe they are bored with the flat emotional tones used? Some
emotionality stirs up interest!!
If there are some individuals who are simply reticient to participate for
fear of exposure of their own feelings, then the willingness of some folks
to be publicly "harsh" should be encouraging. Or maybe it's just an
epidemic presence of people with neurophysiological "communication
disorders" in the Library community. :)
> * You want the regulars to show a little restraint and "moderate
> themselves accordingly".
Frankly (and having an immune system-related communication disorder
myself), I find the forthright expressiveness of those "harshies" to be
quite refressing compared to typical "PC" inter- and intra-library
conversational styles.
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
jmarr_at_flash.net
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Received on Mon Jun 28 2010 - 17:29:56 EDT