RE: *** ADMIN: Topic and Tragedy

["Bale, Dan" <D.Bale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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With all due respect Steve (and Steven), you are out of line here.
David makes the rules, and when you signed up, you agreed to them.
David was gracious enough to allow a day's worth of venting and
information sharing about this tragedy.  He has now, within his every
right and to my expectations, put an end to that discussion.

This _is_ a technical list.  If you don't feel all that technical right
now, then STAY OUT!  I tried, politely, to point people over to the
MIDRANGE-NONTECH list yesterday, which in some people's eyes may be not
much better a solution, but it's a whole lot better than using the
technical list to express the emotions that _everyone_ is going through
right now.  Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join this relatively
new list.

If you were not *directly* affected by this tragedy, yesterday was
basically a wasted day as far as getting work done.  I don't know about
your bosses, but mine and I'm sure many others are expecting that we
start to get back into the swing of things.  My project deadline did not
go away, it's still coming up this Friday.

I am suffering through this event as much as many of you are.  I have a
six-year old daughter wondering out loud last night what her life is
going to be like in twenty years!  We have a close friend in the
reserves now serving a stint in Saudi Arabia which, admittedly, is
probably the safest place in the mideast right now, but still.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Richter [SMTP:srichter@AutoCoder.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:17 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: *** ADMIN: Topic and Tragedy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>;
> rpg400-l@midrange.com
> <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:46 AM
> Subject: *** ADMIN: Topic and Tragedy
>
>
> >Folks:
> >
> >I'd like to ask everyone to refocus on the topic of the list and
> >leave the terrorist attacks for the news sites.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >david
> >
>
>
> I am sorry to hear that David.
>
> I have the opposite view. What has happened is terrible, unthinkable
> and
> very real. This list is a forum used by people with a common
> profession and
> different lives.
> Just as the normal discussions lead to better understanding  of
> technical
> issues and the frowned upon non tech talks illuminate other aspects of
> our
> profession, discussing the who, what , where and why of this tragedy
> could
> be useful also.
>
> Frankly, I dont have much interest in technical issues right now.
>
> Steve Richter