Personal Attacks

2 posts ยท Dec 17 1998 to Dec 17 1998

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:01:35 -0500

Subject: Re: Personal Attacks

Tom Sullivan said:
> For pity's sake, ENOUGH! Why is it that whenever I run across a

Perhaps you haven't been reading all the posts? I seem to recall a comment
from another source, which was edging towards the libelous (of
course, I *am* a "religious right-wing extremist", so my opinions may
not
count--insert smiley >here< ).
If something on the list annoys me, I generally wait 24hrs before responding.
If you make a habit of that, you'll find it's amazing how much the messages
change from your first reading.

From: Brian Burger <yh728@v...>

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:34:18 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Re: Personal Attacks

> On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Laserlight wrote:

> If something on the list annoys me, I generally wait 24hrs before

That's a good idea I wish I'd had, and that I'll keep in mind for the
future...it should be a general rule of netequiette.

"24 hrs. Inbox to Out" - reminds me of the pilot's '24 hrs bottle to
throttle' maxim on alcohol before flying...