I understand the different viewpoints about such posts. Consider this: the ornithology of birding offers great appreciation of the natural value of diversity. It has no less potential value among us. This thread has taught me something about a bird species, but also offered information about various social resources. It also gives rise to some serious thought about our relationship of responsibility to birds in general. In that respect, such discussions are appropriate, though I agree some messages might better be sent with the individual reply, rather than "reply all". Linda Whyte
On Dec 18, 2016 6:53 AM, "Eric Harrold" < 0000009b10e08116-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > Janet, > How dare you have the audacity to demand that people act like adults (that > in most cases according to age, presumably are) on a birding forum??? How > dare you force them to use the delete button? How dare you imply that each > and every post should be something that has their personal blessing prior > to it being posted? > Birders kill me, > Eric HarroldHays, NC > > From: Janet Brown <jbm...@comcast.net> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 9:01 PM > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Stop black swan posts! > > I think it is relevant and since the emails are aptly titled, anyone not > wishing to read them can simply delete. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "marshall or janet howe/mcmillen" <howe.mcmil...@gmail.com> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:45:10 PM > Subject: [mou-net] Stop black swan posts! > > I do not think this discussion is relevant to the purpose of the MOU > Listserve. I'm very sorry about the swan's fate, but it has nothing to do > with the MOU site. Please move the discussion to a list serve that deals > with animal humane issues. My computer is shaking with the burden of > emails. The responsibility for the fate of this bird belongs to whomever > released the bird there. > > Marshall Howe > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html