Re: Lovehounders

[asteg@k12.oit.umass.edu (Albert Steg (Winsor))]

In a previous article, p0070421@brookes.ac.uk (smith david rt) says:

<--a whole lot of TRULY GOOD things abou r.m.g.-->

>Bad
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>I think this has been said before but occasisonally I get the feeling
>that Lovehounds is a very close-knit community (I would include Chris
>and Vickie, IED, Pete Manchester, Steveo, Uli, Doug amongst others).
>
>On occasion I feel that newcomers and people like myself can find this
>community a bit overpowering and extremely hard to get into. People are
>probably sometimes afraid to voice their own opions for fear of being
>flamed alived or in the case of newcomers they read their digests and 
>unsubscribe immediately because they don't like what they see.

I think David's post will strike a resounding chord with a great many
lurkers and occasional posters on this group --David, if that's what you
call "venting your spleen" we should all be so mild!

It's not just a "fear of flame" that precludes a lot of posting, but a
gewneral atmosphere of worship that pervades the group such that it feels
like a pointless effort to write anything critical about KB's work (I still
feel awkward referring to her as "Kate").  A high percentage of the postings
here (flamewars omitted) tend to be emotive responses to the music --even
when making particular comments about songs, etc. there's usually an
overtone of "...and this means *so* much to me...'

...and there's nothing wrong with that at all !!!  Not in itself.  It's nice
to know other people share your enthusiasms and commune in a common
love....but it does tend to put a damper on people who aren't quite so
effusive.  For instance, I for one thought the film of "The Line..." was,
well....artistically speaking....aside from the backing music and the pretty
colours and the ever-lovely aspect of Ms. Bush....pretty embarrassingly
awful.  I bought it..., true...but not for the right reasons.

....oops...gotta go for a minute....
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