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Re: Professionalism, etc...
From: "Steven J. Richardson" <sjr () merit edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 14:50:24 -0500
Tim: Can we please actually practice some professionalism by getting back to technical topics? This list is for Network Operators. Thank you, Steve Richardson/Merit == >From list-admin () merit edu Thu Nov 2 11:14:40 1995 >Received: from merit.edu (merit.edu [35.1.1.42]) by home.merit.edu (8.6.12/merit-2.0) with ESMTP id LAA08939; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 11:14:35 -0500 >Received: from dune.silkroad.com (bass () dune silkroad com [165.209.1.2]) by merit.edu (8.6.12/merit-2.0) with ESMTP id KAA05890 for <nanog () merit edu>; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:29:01 -0500 >Received: (from bass@localhost) by dune.silkroad.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA10570; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:26:28 -0500 >From: Tim Bass <bass () dune silkroad com> >Message-Id: <199511021526.KAA10570 () dune silkroad com> >Subject: Re: Professionalism, etc... >To: young () mci net (Jeff Young) >Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:26:28 -0500 (EST) >Cc: nanog () merit edu >In-Reply-To: <199511021309.IAA24793 () foghorn reston mci net> from "Jeff Young" at Nov 2, 95 08:09:35 am >X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Length: 1376 >Status: R > > >This is getting personal and way off topic, so I'll take the >'middle road' with Jeff before we drag this down more, > give a short response, and end it. > >( with my financee in Germany for over a month, and absolutely > no sleep last night, I cannot find the 'high road' this AM, > sorry ... ) > >Whomever is superhuman, always speaks and rights exactly what >they intend, always void of emotion and in complete understanding >of all past and present (not to mention future) events and >actions please continue this discussion without me :-) > >I am human and therefore not worthy to discuss professionalism >nor any human condition. Thanks Jeff, for pointing that out. >I need to be constantly reminded of my imperfections. I >realize them myself, but appreciate your reminder and tact. > >.... we should all follow Jeff's example and when any human >forwards or advocates an idea, no matter what the position, >lets look for a human fault and or some 'not so perfect' >assembly of symbols of expression (words) with 'not so perfect' >foundation (human emotions) and use them to counter argue. > >It certainly works very well to defocus the discussion from >one of ideas and aspirations and to create an interesting >side show. Excellent counterpoint Jeff. It is impossible >for me, unworthly, soiled, and defeated to continue in the >' has professionalism been redefined ?' thread. > > >Tim > >
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