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Excuse me, but I couldn't help commenting on this post.
-- Carolee Burgess <caroleeb -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have been lurking for about 7 months now, and I lurk mainly because I
> don't feel I have the experience to comment on most issues.
That doesn't stop most of us who DO post here. <g>
> The issues I would be interested or that I feel I could contribute to are
> answered thoroughly before I get to them. I am still but a student, going
> for a TW master's, and I am far from knowing anything, never mind most
> things about the field.
Again, I haven't noticed that ignorance stops too many others, including yours
truly, from posting. And heaven knows we'll beat a horse to death rather than
fail to get our two cents worth in on a topic we want to comment on.
> I do learn an immense amount from the problems posed and answered on this
> list, and have received helpful and encouraging answers from most people (I
> did get slightly singed once).
"Once burnt, twice shy, eh? That's one motto to live by. It might be nice to
see more of the humble poster posting. Even most of the loudmouths on the list
will tell you to ignore them most of the time. They're just letting off steam.
> I guess I subscribe to the credo that if you have nothing of sense to say,
> then say nothing.
Then you leave the field to those who have to most outrageous opinions, whether
they have any validity or not. Since when did making sense have anything to do
with a vigorous exchange of ideas? Your humility may deprive all of us of
things we need to read once in awhile.
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