I agree with you! And when some list member posts in patterns resembling religious propaganda or multilevel marketing, there is one obvious remedy to avoid the bulk of members loosing their temper.
Klaus >________________________________ >From: Margaret Dikel <[email protected]> >To: 'The Horn List' <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 2:59 PM >Subject: [Hornlist] Can we have a civil discourse? > >Regarding the most recent round of flames and attacks which have been >tossed around on this list. > > > >If I wanted to watch folks behave like spoiled children, I would watch >C-SPAN. At least I get a chance to vote the bums out every couple of >years. > > > >Have we all forgotten the basics of manners and netiquette? If you >want to berate a person for his/her post on a public forum, you do it >IN PRIVATE. (And yes, I used all caps for a reason.) No one likes to >be the public butt of your bad temper. Would you behave the same way >if you were standing right in front of the other person? Probably >not. The email addresses of all posters are in the headers, and most >of us (not all) are considerate enough to put our contact information >in our signatures. > > > >If you really don't have anything to say that enhances a discussion in >either direction, please send your smacks to the original person, not >the list. Remember that there is a live body at the other end of the >electrons. Please treat him/her with the respect you would like to >receive yourself. > > > >I will continue to do as always -- delete messages and/or posted I >just don't want to read. And yes, that includes any public responses >to this email. You want to talk with me regarding civil discourse, my >email is below. > > > >Margaret Dikel, horn / librarian > >Symphony of the Potomac > >symphonypotomac.org > >[email protected] > > > >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
