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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:09:06 -0800
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- From: Tor Neilands <tbn@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
- Subject: Re: How to fight a fire: a reminder
- Lines: 72
-
- Matthew Simpson writes:
-
- >Please do not fight fire with fire. Flames die down when they hit the
- >private lines. The flames spread when they hit the list.
- >
- >What is a flame? The Mission Statement reads...
- >
- > 5. Please do not flame (intentionally insult; publicly attack
- > individuals through the content of your postings or e-mail)
- > Try to provide rational behind your points when you disagree.
- > "It's okay to disagree with someone or their ideas. It is not
- > okay to insult them." -Betty Harris
- >
- >If someone chooses to flame you, that person is already frowned
- >upon by the majority. So don't you worry. People will not be thinking
- >anything bad about you (the target of the attack). They will think
- >badly of the person who attacked you. You need not save your face.
- >
- >If someone flames you, or you see someone flame another person, send
- >the flamer a message stating your discontent. If we all do this,
- >flamers will have their personal mailboxes flooded. Simultaneously,
- >the flames would be publicly extinguished.
- >
- >Public responses to flames increase list noise. This letter fits into
- >that category, so I am sorry. Let's close the damper on this topic
- >now. Have fun!
- >
- >O======================================================================O
- > | _ l _ * Matthew Simpson * BITNET: |
- > | \_l_/ * School of Psychology * 054340@uottawa.bitnet |
- > | l * 145 Jean Jacques Lussier * INTERNET: |
- > | l * Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8P5 * 054340@acadvm1.uottawa.ca |
- >O======================================================================O
-
- Matthew: You are 110% correct. I apologize to the entire list for wasting
- their time in responding to an earlier posting in such an inflamatory
- fashion.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Tor
-
-
- Tor Neilands
- Systems Analyst
- Statistical Services Group
- Computation Center
- University of Texas at Austin
- Austin, TX 78712
-
- Phone: (512)-471-3241, Ext. 263
-
- Internet: TBN@Utxvm.cc.utexas.edu
- ___________________________________________________
-
- "To thy own self be true". --- Walt Whitman
-
- "No matter what you call it, it's all just a game".
- --- Master Wong
- "Once upon a time in china"
-
- "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I, I took
- the road less traveled by, and that has made all the
- difference". --- Robert Frost
- ___________________________________________________
-
- Disclaimer: All of the views expressed above are solely
- those of the author. Any relationship between my own
- views and those of the University of Texas and/or The
- Computation Center at the University of Texas are
- due merely to regression to the mean.
- ____________________________________________________
-