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From: John Sykes <>
Subject: Re: [YKS] Negativism
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 19:01:54 -0700
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well said Denise....now let's get on with life....remember you
naysayers....don't forget where your delete button is.

John Sykes
Abbotsford, B.C., Canada

denise.light wrote:

> Do you know I am getting really fed up with all the negative postings to
> this list.
>
> There are people saying please be gentle with me, I am new
> There are people saying please don't be nasty to me
> There are some people saying others shouldn't talk bluntly, nastily, coldly,
> sneeringly etc
> There are even some people saying 'I agree' when all they are agreeing with
> is what someone else has moaned about.
> We have whingers and whiners and moaners all the time but at the moment
> people are whinging and whining that they have been or *might* be moaned at
> for posting silly or naive questions.
>
> Why not just ask your questions?
> If it is stupid and silly there will be someone who will tell you, but there
> will also be someone probably who will come up with the answer.
> But what a waste of time and effort goes into all these complaints and
> whinings and then the messages about the complaints and the messages about
> them etc etc
>
> Isn't it about time that instead of all these negative postings that
> everybody got on with what this list is best at
>
> After all which other list talks about everything under the sun associated
> with family history?
> Which other list has its own conference?
> Which other list has such a super lot of intelligent and informative people?
>
> And one thing that makes Yorksgen the best is simply that mix of minds and
> messages - messages that are usually more than just requests for lookups
> which some of the other lists are
>
> But oh dear, at the moment we are in negative mode.
>
> Surely we should be getting in trim for the York Family History Fair - after
> all we don't want us all to have fallen out with each other when that comes
> along. It's such a super day out that nothing should spoil it - (not that it
> is super for my pocket - I always spend too much)
>
> Regards
> Denise
>
> looking for SILVERWOODs anywhere
>
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