too bad, we, readerz of the list should take the action
(filter etc...)
instead of those 'less-self-disciplined'...
Moozzuzz
filterin electronica... euh e-mailzz now...
Nobody forces you to read postings from anyone you don't
want to.
And most modern mail reading programs (and even some
web-based mail
services) allow you to sort mail based on sender. So you
can let
the machine protect your rising blood pressure for you by
routing
louts into folders where messages are deleted unread. (I
use
procmail, which unfortunately only works on Unixoid systems,
but
both Outlook and Netscape allow you to implement mail
filters, too.)
It's an open list, so offensive and/or puerile posts are
inevitable.
This isn't to excuse those posts -- we'd be a lot better off
if
certain folks exercised a bit of self-discipline. But YOU
can take
action and make the list a lot more pleasant for yourself by
filtering
out those folks who rub you the wrong way. Saves time,
saves stress,
and if more folks did this the more intelligent of offenders
would
tone things down to avoid simply talking to themselves.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you might consider
taking some
responsibility for your own reactions; it's a law of the
schoolyard
that bullies prefer to pick on kids who complain
ineffectively to
those who simply ignore them.
-Ed
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