"Left the building"

[Stephen Powell]

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Well done Roy!  I couldn't have said this any better.
Oh well - time to go back to my lurking ;-)

Stephen

Stephen Powell RPT
Auckland, NZ
Pianotec@ihug.co.nz
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    From: Roy Ulrich <ulrich@rangenet.com>
    To: Maria Arnelof <maria.arnelof@spray.se>
    Cc: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Date: Thursday, 14 December 2000 12:08 PM
    Subject: "Left the building"
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    Dear Maria,
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    I've been "kind of" watching the threads that you've been involved =
with and have just read your resignation from the "group".
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    I hope you would reconsider your decision after taking a look at =
some of my thoughts:
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    I too have come close to unsubscribing in the past after receiving a =
barrage of less than polite messages; I have also been a perpetrator of =
some messages I regret.
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    The written word between two or more people in the same village can =
be misconstrued so much more easily than the spoken word with it's =
inflections, facial expressions and the like. Take a group of people =
this size and throw in the spice of international diversity with =
different customs, doctrines, and what all, and the soup one is left =
with is, well, interesting.
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    Wern't you the one who started the "shitty little piano" thing? I =
loved it! Sure, you got some grief and some other misc., but this was =
not a human tragedy in my mind. After the dust settled the thin skinned =
ranters went back into their little caves to wait out the next battle - =
over whatever. Wait long enough and they'll create one.
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    My best friend is my "delete" button. While I get annoyed over the =
redundancy, (one question about where can I buy felt and there's 88 =
answers), I just omit them from the screen - as I do with the obnoxious =
contributors. My Outlook Express allows me to "block sender" and in some =
cases I'll apply that to someone. You can always undo that later if need =
be.
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    All in all, in my humble opinion, I relish the communication between =
this group and people like you from the other side of the planet. =
Chances are we'll never meet in person, but because of the unique nature =
of what we do for a living and the ideas, funny stories, techniques, =
even the arguments we share keep me coming back for more.=20
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    I suggest the bottom line is that we need you and others like you. =
When we commit a faux pax we need to be adult and apologize. At the same =
time when we're insulted, I think some time in reflection and attempting =
to better understand the difficult nature of cross culture communication =
would be a good step in becoming better people.
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    Heard the expression "throwing the baby out with the bathwater"?=20
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    How about "sticks and stones...." C'mon back - you really DO have =
some friends in cyberspace.
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    Roy Ulrich
    NE Minnesota

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