At 11:41 PM 4/29/01 -0400, Thomas Fisher wrote the following:
>After reading a few of the messages related to the post about the Virus
>Alert, I started thinking about the purpose of this list.
>We are all here either to get help, or give help to/from others.
>While the original person posting the message may not have known the truth
>about the message they were forwarding, sending posts to the list flaming
>them will not do anything to further educate that person.
>Think back to the first time you got a message like this in the mail and
>what you did. Most of us could honestly say that we might have passed it on
>to others and later learned a valuable lesson.
>I would like to suggest that we all refrain from bashing another list member
>and try to provide at least some sort of education in our responses. Only
>by educating as many people as possible, are we going to start to make a
>dent in the number of hoaxes out there.
>Remember, not everyone has the same level of internet savvy, or computer
>knowledge. Even those with every certification under the sun are still able
>to learn from others.
Normally I would agree with the above statements and express the same
sentiments. However, Marlene has stated again and again the rules for this
list. Failing to abide by them has no justifiable excuse. In fact, ignorance
is no excuse.
One of the main rules of this list:
<quote>
Never send Virus Warnings or chain letters to PCWorks.
<unquote>
In general, I restrain myself from caustic remarks and flames, and in this
case I meant to send my response to the sender and not the list, however,
things didn't turn out so well. For this, I apologize.
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