public/private mail....Re: e: [at-l] perspective

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

That's what I SAID.

RTFM, friend.

- Gary from Fairfax

Rami wrote:

> Please repeat:
>
> "I hear and understand your position but do not agree with it.  On this
> point, we can agree to disagree and still be friends."
>
> > Slowtoe, buddy, I've got to disagree with you on this one. This is not about
>
> > rights. This is about MANNERS. Netiquette, if you will. Certainly the
> possessor
> > has the physical means to pass a private letter on. But it is RUDE to do so.
>
> >
> > IMHO, of course.
> >
> > - Gary from Fairfax
> >
> > Sloetoe wrote:
> >
> > > > I agree. Please ask permission first if something is thought worth
> > > > sharing. Then abide by the author's wishes.
> > > > Thanks, Jan in NC
> > >
> > > ### Sorry, ladies, but this is garbage that gives license for someone to
> > > behave badly to you in private under the guise that it was not for public
> > > broadcast. This misplaced ethic is no older than the internet. Let's
> > > remember a much older ethic: when you send me a letter, and I open it up
> > > and make to read it, that letter is now *mine* to do with what I want.
> > > You've no rights on what I do with that letter...