Who was the mental genius

[Alfred Perlstein]

> On Jun 6, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Paul Schmehl wrote:
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>> No offense was meant.  I deliberately chose the subject to stimulate discussion, which it has obviously done.
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> Stimulating discussion without insulting people generally gives better results.
> 
> Look, we are all doing the best we can with what we've got.  The ports people have been trying to accomplish the equivalent of turning a cruise ship around in a bathtub without rattling the silverware.  It's not possible to anticipate every issue, particularly when there are so many.
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> The way improvements are made is for interested people (that is, you) to
> get involved and help to improve it.
> 
> The challenge you have created is to anticipate the next issue and report it, preferably with a plan for a solution, before it happens.
> 

Let's not overly tone police folks. If no one can constructively criticize then we don't get any feedback. 

Anyone's tone can be attacked I firmly believe that Paul's tone matches the way we east coasters chide each other to provoke debate.