In the the sincere cases its not an attempt at pseudoapology, but rather 1. an attempt to be polite such as "pardon me for bothering you but could you help me....." this person doesn't regret asking for the help, but is acknowledging they are imposing- therefore expressing they appreciate the inconvenince they are responsible for. 2. They understand that some people WILL be upset at seeing the same message in different groups, so they are apologizing to that subset.
At least that's my take on it. Mike On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:31:44 -0400, Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in >sci.stat.math, Torsten Franz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >>Sorry for cross-posting. > >(shakes head in wonder) >Then why do it? > >I see pseudo-apologies like this all the time, and I never >understand the thinking process. Either the posters think >crossposting is okay, in which case why apologize? -- or they think >it's not okay, in which case they make a lie out of their apology. >Either way, I just don't understand the logic. Could someone explain >this to me? > >Yes, it's a serious question. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
