Re: [Leica] Civility

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

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.
> >
>
>