I hope they return as well, but lets be real, Jay and Joe both started the discussion and posted the most comments on the subject. Joe indicated in his blog he basically burned out on Astronomy as a whole. It seems both had alterative motives. I would add many that left in the last few months did participate in a lot of name calling and personal attacks.
If you post something you have no right to expect or demand no response to that post. and the idea has never had enough support to be viable, in a vote 5% of the club expressed an interest in a charter. I have had discussions with many MD's who at one time had an interest is Astronomy, their thoughts were you can look at the same objects only so many times then you need to get on with your lives. It is primarily and individual pursuit Erik On 1/22/12, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I would suggest the recent unsubscribers need to look within, nothing posted warranted the reaction.
There are a couple of posts at Jay's forum that, while not outright stating it, suggest that recent discussions here have been "uncivil".
Honestly, I can't find or remember any posts that are uncivil. It seems that people get hurt when others simply disagree with them.
If we can't disagree, then things will get downright boring. Like CN, it can become just a bunch of "me too" hand-holders and people wanting to bask in the warm glow of groupthink.
Freedom is more important than decorum, IMO. And even saying that, a disagreement is not a breach of procedure or a rules infraction. Variety is the spice of life. If a forum or list turns into plain, uninteresting vanilla sameness and blank-faced empty smiles, THAT will drive me off.
I do hope Joe, Kurt, and others return.
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