[mou] religion, money, sex, and, now, birding?

[Jim Williams]

  Are we to add birding and its many avenues to that list of things one 
supposedly cannot discuss without risk of offense? Is it to be 
religion, money, sex, and birding?

Good grief!

Jim Williams
Wayzata




On Aug 14, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Richard Wood wrote:

Hi all,

Pastor Al seems, IMO, to be bent on taking this list's discussions into 
areas that get people yelled at and called names by other users of the 
list.  I, for one, don't think that is necessarily a good thing to have 
happen.

I don't think he does it on purpose, and I enjoy it when he does, but 
frankly, most people don't like those of us that question things (we 
come off as being critical?), and I think all it does it cause a lot of 
trouble and lead to (potential) hurt feelings.

Take the recent discussion on record keeping, for example.  I wouldn't 
have voluntarily written about my "angst" toward the record keepers, 
but when Al posted, I replied, and it led to a big brehawa.  I was 
called by one person, whom shall remain nameless, a "troublemaker", 
when I don't think  I am.  A member of the MOU called me "critical", 
which again, I don't think I am.  I do question things, because I am a 
scientist.

My point is that we need to think seriously about when we post forays 
into "controversial" areas.  Does one want to post a note that is going 
to make others dislike each other, probably not. But we should all ask 
ourselves that each time we post a "question" to others on a list such 
as this.  Do you really want to create a situation (even unknowingly) 
where others will almost literally be at each other's throats?

Good birding,
Richard


 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Hastings, MN
rwoodphd at yahoo.com


----- Original Message ----
From: Sharon Stiteler <birdchick at gmail.com>
To: Pastor Al Schirmacher <pastoral at princetonfreechurch.net>
Cc: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; mou-net at moumn.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:44:09 PM
Subject: Re: [mou] [mnbird] Suspicious Birds

Greater Roadrunner.





Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN





On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote:

> John & Chris' posts bring up a question - besides Chukars and Northern 
> Bobwhites, what other birds would arouse your (escapee/release/too 
> soon to be counted) suspicions in the state?
>
> Al Schirmacher
> Princeton, MN
> Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties 
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