AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph

[Jim Swart]

I believe the statement was put in intentionally to malign pattern flyers.
The author has an obvious bias or he would not have included this statement
that says nothing relevant to the intended topic of the article.

    Jim Swart
    NSRCA 2840
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski at canisius.edu>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: AMA Magazine Article - the paragraph


> --On Monday, September 30, 2002 5:26 PM -0500 Larry Diamond
<jed241 at email.msn.com> wrote:
>
> > The problem isn't that it was published. The problem is that it ever
> > happened in the first place. You can't stop all of it.
>
> It's not an either/or situation.
>
> Yes, the allegation, if true, indicates that some of us
> may not be too hospitable to a newcomer during a contest.
>
> The publication of the allegation as a generalization is
> stereotyping.  It is an offense in its own right.
> "Pattern guys--self-centered and inhospitable; IMAC
> guys--good."
>
> In the 1980s, I rode my bike onto an RC field in
> the vicinity of D.C.  The guys cussed at me in no
> uncertain terms for endangering myself.  They
> were surly and rude.  They answered my questions
> about the hobby in monosyllables, if at all.
>
> I made two decisions that day.  One was to get into
> the hobby when I finished my Ph.D.  The other was
> to greet newcomers with an extended hand and a smile.
> I've kept both resolutions.
>
> Marty
>
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