--- Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> <raises hand timidly for attention>
>
> How about something like this as a suggestion to be
> included in the welcome
> message/FAQ/whatever it's called for both the
> current and whatever new
> list(s) is/are created:
>
>
>
> "Before pressing [SEND], read your post again and
> ask yourself how you
> would feel if it were addressed to you. Especially
> if it's a real
> zinger. If you wouldn't be happy receiving it from
> someone else, chances
> are no one else will be happy receiving it from
> you."
>
One thing I have done is to wait ~24hr before hitting
[SEND] when I knew that I was angry or indignant while
replying to a post. A couple of times someone else
has responded with a much better post than mine (so I
didn't send it), and several others I completely
reworked (so that they were more or less rational
instead of fuming); at least once I realized that it
simply wasn't important enough for me to respond at
all (so I [CANCEL]ed).
Debbi
"We fight the fire-
While feeding the flames."
from 'Second Nature' of _Hold Your Fire_ by Rush
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