On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:55:18, John Welch wrote:
>
> Oh, well if public scolding is now all the rage on a mailing list every
> time
> someone does something that someone else doesn't like, I would highly
> suggest that everyone with these inane, useless, legally dubious, and
> completely impractical disclaimers at the end of their email message get
> their flame-retardant suits on, because y'all have been wasting EVERYONE's
> bandwidth with them.
I would agree that the people *requiring* the disclaimers should be burnt
to a crisp, but more often than not, the person sending the message is not
the only writing the disclaimer. I've got a stupid notice at the end of
all my mails thanks to the mail scanner. I am thankful it's not worse!
> In fact, I think that bouncing your messages back to you unread would be
> an
> appropriate response, because you put the disclaimer at the end of the
> message, so if it isn't addressed to me, then I have already violated it
> by
> the time I get to it. Yes. That would work. A few hundred people bouncing
> these inane things back to the source.
Yes, let's torture the poor people who are stuck with the disclaimers!
> Then I can go after people who are, evidently, genetically incapable of
> TRIMMING A FRIGGIN' REPLY.
Once again, I agree that people should make the attempt to do this.
> Wow. You appear to get screwed on both issues.
>
> Or, maybe we could realize that scoldings, for "valid" reason or not, are
> not in fact the voice of the righteous, rising up from the downtrodden to
> smite the unholy minions of <stuffwedon'tlike>, and are a waste of time
> and
> data?
>
> Really. It's up to you. Ask anyone, I'm game for either.
Can't we all just get along?
--
Patrick Schwisow
Web Information Manager
Waukegan Public School District 60
http://www.waukeganschools.org/
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