Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The below exchange is from the Rollei list why is it cross posted here?!?!?!? I subscribe to both as do others, but Rollei list issues are not for the LUG and LUG issues are not for Rollei. To cross post is bad nettiquete. >And today, Marc scolded a member of his Rollei list thusly, > >>> Uh, friend: you are here as my guest. Understand this, and I am mighty >>> tolerant for the lot of you, but, pray, do not be stupid enough to post a >>> note like this to the List. >> >And a Rollei list subscriber wrote: >> >>A pompous and unnecessarily harsh reply to what was probably >>an innocent enough question from a subscriber who is likely new >>to the list. >> >>Jeesus, Marc, a polite steering to the welcoming message, for the >>chap, would have been sufficient to make him aware that the >>binocular thread is quite properly within the purview of the list. >>Instead, you took the poor SOB to the woodshed and used your >>belt on him. >> >(subscriber's name deleted) > >And I responded, > >You think these remarks were in poor taste? His remarks directed to a >member of the LUG earlier today were even more insulting! It's an >understatement to say he (Marc) made an ass of himself today! Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com