Candice
Thanks for the welcome. Any appearance of audacity is only by contrast
with my natural wimpishness!
It's already clear that my impression of the list being closed-off had
no basis in reality.
Regards
Martin
MC Ward wrote:
> Martin,
>
> Thank you for having the audacity to respond to Joe
> and Anny's query--and even posting a fine poem along
> with your comments.
>
> I think it behooves all of us to consider ourselves
> and each other as contributors and/or listeners to a
> grand (sometimes) conversation, with all the usual
> courtesies entailed. Those who do not choose to speak
> often or at all--we should remember--are still
> listening and learning, as are those who yak away on
> any and every topic. Sometimes I feel like a student
> in a seminar and am content to merely follow the
> argument(s), while at other times (as many listees
> know) I become much more involved in the discussion.
> Either way, I feel very much a part of the list,
> probably due to the years I've spent on it or coming
> and going anyway. I expect the sense of a closed-off
> group occurs mainly due to those of us who've been
> active on the list for ages. In all that time, I've
> developed some close friendships with listees I've
> never met in countries that I don't know well enough
> or at all--friendships that mean as much to me, in
> some cases, as those that follow a more conventional
> pattern of sociation.
>
> Thanks again for your insightful comments--may we hear
> more from you in the future (or not!) as you choose to
> participate as speaker or listener or both at
> different times.
>
> Candice
>
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