At 12:59 PM 5/22/2001, you wrote:
>Sadly we have decided to temporarily remove this website following a
>somewhat vitriolic response. We didn't realise that the museum profession
>in the UK were so sensitive. There were some messages of support and we
>thank you for those.
I for one was shocked at the whole tone of the site; and I thought, well, I
know the British press say things that the US press wouldn't get away with,
maybe that's the general way of things across the water. I think if you
could pitch it more as constructive criticism and less as subjective
opinion - as your comment on the shields in the background of the mines
site - you might have gotten away with it. The way it was written just
comes across as nasty and holier-than-thou. Pretend you mother said those
things to you in a public place, in front of your friends. You would have
given up your fledgling career as a web designer and gone to raise pigs. By
all means try again, but in a positive way. Ridicule is not a good teacher
except of resentment and fear.
Anne

Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
York County Culture & Heritage Commission
4621 Mount Gallant Road
Rock Hill SC 29732-8666
803-329-2121, ext. 104
Fax 803-329-5249
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