Re: your mistake

Oh, HEAVENS. I have disturbed the mighty Bowerbird with snarky hyperbole!

See, a few times a year, I accidentally read something Bowerbird
posts. I find his spoutings harsh, so most of the time I do the
appropriate thing and delete whatever he sends without looking at it.
This time, I accidentally opened it, and I was surprised to see
something approaching civility coming from the notorious BB.

And so, I made a comment that this must be a Sign that The End Is
Nigh, musing over if it is a sign of Doom or Paradise. Then, because
it was my hour of clicking the wrong thing, I hit send instead of
discard.

So what has Bowerbird done to offend me, personally? Filled my inbox
with constant attacks against others, criticizing how PG is run, and
railed on about how things ought to be run instead of doing what any
sane person might and just taken his toys and gone home to build his
own library. From the handful of his posts I read,  BB would rather
spend his time berating people who don't see things his way.

Mind, I skim through the responses often enough, and I see that others
give as good as they get, to a certain point. I read through a few
volleys, hit delete when it gets too boring, and go on with my day. At
some point, it always seems to devolve into a few rounds of
Shut-up-no-you-shut-up before anyone gets far enough past this
metaphoric third grade that they roll their eyes and walk away.

I admit I don't agree with how things are done with the fixing of
errors, but I figure I have no say in it until I can motivate myself
to do something other than bitch that there's typos in my books.

I apologize for the offense. Enjoy your seasonal holidays.

-- 
Mjit RaindancerStahl
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