--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You labeled Cynthias post as chain letter - but by >the same token (definition) you dont realize that >your post also falls in the chain letter category. >
Hey Joe, You are wrong! I labeled Cynthia's copied and pasted material as an urban legend, not a chain letter. > >You, however, chose to publish your same post twice >(once via your ccs to certain individuals and again >via the system generated (Goanet) post to the same >individuals. > I posted my email to Goanet only once. I cced that email to some people with whom I was discussing the issue of urban legends, when your post arrived in my trash box. Most of the individuals to whom I cced my response, subscribe to the digest version of Goanet. In fact, they thanked me for sending them an advance copy of my post. > >For the sake of brevity, I will not analyze your >entire post but will depict how the Merriam-Webster >dictionary defines a Chain Letter: > >Chain letter: a letter sent to several persons with > a request that each send copies of the letter to an >equal number of persons. > I hope you realize that, according to the above dictionary meaning, my cced email is not a chain letter because, as it clearly states, I did NOT include in my post "a request that each send copies of the letter to an equal number of persons." > >Now, please examine Cynthias post, and show me how >it meets the above definition, i.e. where she has >requested that each (member) send copies of > the letter to X number of persons. > As I said above, Cynthia's copied and pasted post was an urban legend. That is what I called it, not a chain letter. > >Just out of curiosity, are you clandestinely >gathering a group-opinion on posts published on Goanet >(via your private emails to personal friends) > No. Why do you ask? > >It is interesting to note that you conveniently >avoided ccing your response to the author of the >subject email, as advance notice? :) > Who is the author of the subject email? Was that email of yours copied and pasted material as well? If so, please send me the email address of the person from whom you copied it. I would be happy to email my post to him/her, if he/she is interested. > >I like to believe that this was an unintentional slip >on your part. > No, it was not an unintentional slip. Please don't believe anything that is not true. Most people on that cc list have thanked me for giving them advance notice because they subscribe to the digest version of Goanet, and do not read every post. > >This author is simply against biases and prejudices >people carry. I hope you can understand that. > No, I don't understand that. What are the biases and prejudices in this context. What have you done to fight biases and prejudices? Cheers, Santosh
