Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I've received your message (below) about four times this morning. You might want to check with your ISP as to why it's sending out multiple copies. I don't think the problem is with the list's server, as I am not receing multiples of anyone else's messages. Regards, Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Civility > Hmmm......How long have you been on the list as we are doing really quite > well these last few weeks (maybe even months now?!). Email is a difficult > art and its intentions are all too easily misconstrued. In combination with > the fact that people are often quite thin skinned beneath their seemingly > tough hides and we get a potentially deadly combination. It is easy for > strongly held opinions to result in strongly expressed postings so it pays > to relax and laugh a little more at the fundamental silliness of humanity > and especially of ourselves. Having commuted by bicycle for over 15 years > now, I have learned to smile and wave at speculations on my ancestry. I > doubt even the vast range of experience that the leica-users represents > could come up with something new along that line. So if you are new to the > list, relax for a while and try making note of the helpful posts, of which > there are many, and ignore the few impolite ones. You may notice a pattern > and be able to set up a helpful filter or two. > > Cheers > > John Collier > > Free Speech is not always Fun. > > > From: Laurence Gadd <lgadd@mindspring.com> > > > > Why are so many of you so rude? People ask questions not to be insulted > > but to get answers. It really adds nothing to your lives to insult > > others it only hurts or discourages people you don't even know. Nothing > > you own or have done in life entitles you to put others down. Lets try > > to have intellect, civility and generosity as the watch words of the > > group. > > > >