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[Jay Pitchford]

Bryan,

I would agree, there's plenty of drivel over at CC, but they mark it off
topic (OT) and you can choose to read it or not. In all fairness, I prefer
the style/layout at CC more, but the reason is it allows me to selectively
read what's pertinent, rather than have to wade through emails laced with
cheap shots or the contents of a narrow-minded VVer's spleen dump.

I don't feel CORSA sucks, nor do I think all the VV users are nasty or
stupid ... far from it. I have the utmost respect for virtually everyone on
VV (yes, even Smitty), as many have been involved with Corvairs and CORSA
for decades, and the collective knowledge of such veterans helps keep these
wonderful cars on the road.

Truth be told, I don't even mind if it occasionally strays off into the
weeds and we kick around religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin ... as
long as it doesn't degenerate into cheap shots, stereotyping, or disrespect
for segments/regions of our membership. Learning about each other's
viewpoints beyond Corvairs can help deepen friendships and the sense of
community, even if we disagree, provided nobody's hurling verbal molotov
cocktails ... unless it's a good LM vs EM argument!

Smitty's question, removing the cheap shot, about west coast attendance was
a fair one. Problem is, if you deliberately ask it in a way that gets under
people's skin, it tears at the fabric of our little community. Do we really
need that?

Jay Pitchford


On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:

> I've been on CC.  Plenty of drivel over there, IMHO.  Plenty of
> divisiveness too.  And to be blunt, *I'm* a little tired of the 'Corvair
> Center is so much better than VV'.  All it seems to take is *one* comment
> these days, and I get to read some long thread about how nasty and stupid
> all the VV users are, why the moderators haven't done anything, CORSA sucks,
> blah, blah, blah.
>
> The point of the note was that California basically didn't show.  The
> 'spanish and english' comment might be a cheap shot, but does anyone know
> *why* they didn't show up?
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Jay Pitchford wrote:
>
> > Smitty hit the "D" Trifecta:
> >
> > Disrespectful, Divisive Drivel
> >
> > It's no wonder I search for Corvair help most often these days at the
> forum
> > on corvaircenter.com instead of VV. Who needs this kind of stuff in
> their
> > email box?
> >
> >
> >
> >> Somebody
> >> please tell California the next time we are having a convention.  Maybe
> >> write a
> >> letter to the clubs there (in Spanish and English of course)
> >
>
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