It has seemed to me that whatever has not been possible to discuss effectively here simply has lacked sufficent realtionship to handle it at the time it was raised, and that once the reltionships have been built, those same topics have come back and been are handled well. In that sense, the immediacy of cyber communication usual in many settings seems to need to be tempered here with the realization that we are likely to wish to be here for long enough to learn how to get along, and that it is well that we do so, for many of us will be back tomorrow. If we leave issues dangling as obstacles between us, they make this a lot less fun to come to, and a lot less rewarding as a place to reach one another's best thoughts.

There is also a surprising LACK here of people using terms like IMHO, FWIW, NOI... I think it's a good thing, actually. We all seem to assume these into place and it is safe enough here, despite the occasional blow-torching, to express ourselves.

Finally, it is hard to effectively object to a topic when its relationshoip to the music is clearly spelled out.

It's easy to spot people who just want to drop in and rant or to troll for a ranter to give in.... and to ignore them. This place tends to reward people who are trying to THINK and COMMUNICATE, however, with excellent attention and support.

~S~