Calm down. We have witnessed patronising in the old print world and trolling in the new Internet world. I am not suggesting that we have the problems here in this list, but it upsets me if it turned out to be so.
Should we cool it off for a few days and re-continue with what's valuable and possible, without draining the most precious resources we invest into this list: attention and willing to respond?
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