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Re: Conversational etiquette
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Feb 12, 07:39 -0400
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Feb 12, 07:39 -0400
I hate to see acrimony among such a great group of minds. You all have so much wonderful stuff to contribute. Nobody here is on my block list. Whenever I feel stung by an apparently careless arrow, I try to recall that nobody on Mars (if anyone is there) cares a hoot; and that the sting is all mine, usually. Email is such a flat medium, poorly suited to "conversation", where all the usual face to face cues are missing. It's too easy to misunderstand and to feel misunderstood by email, I think. I need both Trevor and Frank, if I am ever to master this celestial navigation thing. Fair winds and calm seas, Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net -------------------- Outgoing email scanned by Norton Antivirus
