PeteRasche wrote:
long green wrote:
This is a blow off steam forum, so things will get testy & exaggerated. The anonymity helps that along.
Maybe everyone should do what I did and not be anonymous.
That was a purposeful choice I made 13 years ago because it reminds me to think about what I say. This past homecoming I was confronted, though in a somewhat lighthearted/teasing way, by an employee of Tulane who was a contemporary of mine in Tulane athletics, with a "well, if it isn't 'Mr. Internet opinion poster guy' " (or something to that effect). I hadn't seen this person in about 27 years and that was how I was greeted. It made me think about things I'd said, and how they might have formed opinions of me by people in the RD administration (they probably wouldn't be too keen on me) and the TD administration (I've been almost entirely positive). This person had worked under both, so I was curious how that conversation was about to go after that greeting. Thankfully, said person pretty much agreed with me.
Then I think about some things various folks here have said over the years, and I have to wonder who those people are and how they'd behave in front of me in person. I offered to meet folks when I was at homecoming, and met a few. Without fail, everyone I've met from this board has been delightful when talking face to face. We're all enthusiastic Wave fans, ya know? But there are some here who post stuff that just makes me wonder.
Well said, Pete. FWIW, I find myself in total agreement with about 90% of what you post, and I don't hold any animosity for any issues of disagreement. There are others with whom I disagree 90% of the time, but I hold no animosity there, either--I just consider the source. ;-)
"Back in the day," it was customary to use an online moniker, so although I have absolutely no designs on "anonymity," I assumed the customary procedure. Anybody who feels a need to know more about me need only ask. My opinions are my own, and I don't expect everyone (or even anyone, for that matter) to agree. And I always reserve the right to change my opinions when confronted with more information, so don't anybody bother to come around with those silly "last year you said..." comments.