Wayne Harrison wrote:

my reading of tom littleton's post, and my understanding of my own
petulant urgings is not to make this place into a place populated by
stepford wives; no one wants a usenet version of "pleasantville". like most
of life, it's a matter of degree; and while no one can convince me that the
intensely personal vendettas that seem to have grown in number and intensity
over the last few months do not portend dark times, i know enough about some
of the people involved to hold out hope that we can mend the tears in the
fabric, at least for long enough to fish together again, and thereby heal
ourselves and this community.


In the past, I've made statements similar to yours from time to time
(although probably not as eloquently posed) and I was met with with
statements, from you as well as others, such as "all you want is a group
that discusses fishing - how boring", " if you don't like it don't read
it" etc. Things may be A BIT different right now on ROFF, but if they
are, they aren't much different.

I was puzzled by the recent criticisms you made of ROFF. It thought they
were quite similar to statements I made in the past that you discounted,
but now that you've found a new place to hang, it makes more sense.

Willi