On 28 Apr 98 at 11:02, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> >What is it about the online community that causes people who are presumably
> >intelligent and at least somewhat civilized to behave like total louts,
>
> I often wonder that exact thing. I especially wonder about it
> each time some lout of a list admin allows me to be
> forge-subscribed to a non- confirming mailing list he/she is
> running.
Hmm. The problem with your strategy is that in response to an
offence committed by some unknown miscreant, made possible by the
carelessness/laziness/ignorance of a list admin, you swear at all the
subscribers to that list. It's like bombing a town flat because a
cop let a hoodlum escape and go to your place to rob you.
It's targetting the wromg people, and ir doesn't help. If you want a
target for your anger, and you can't find the culprit, go for the
list admin. But leave off the other subscribers, who are innocent
bystanders.
Best wishes,
Claire
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