Subject: Re: Danielle's query to: What's been in the drinking water?
From: Jessica
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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If someone doesn't care to read posts by any certain person, that's their
right, not everyone reads every post to every thread, that's the nature of a
list like this. This concern is brought out of context, anyway, since the
people who said they had been deleting certain posts said so in regards to
nasty, rude posts being made by certain posters, and frankly, I don't care
to be exposed to the "vitriol" either. So, in a way, you were spot on right
when you said that by deleting certain posts one is deeming them "not to be
considered as a viable contribution fit to be read". That's precisely what
the mean-spirited posts are, and I couldn't have said it better myself, so
when necessary, I too delete, delete, delete.

Perhaps people deleting without reading will miss out on good stuff, perhaps
they'll simply spare themselves from having to suffer through useless
ugliness. Sometimes in busy life, a little loss is worth the great gain
attained by avoidance of negativity.

Best,
Jessica


on 2/9/00 6:19 PM, Ernie Valenzuela at erniev-at-2way.net wrote:

> Danielle,
> I'd like to commend you on posting this thought provoking question!
>
> Why indeed would one decide to delete an email to this list
> simply based on "a certain [people's] person's name"?
> It seems to me that a prejudicial bias is brought upon an
> individual & that certain someone, their post & future posts are
> not to be considered as a viable contribution fit to be read.
> That is essentially inconsiderate & violates that fundamental element
> indicated in the Vocalist "Netiquette" rules: respect.
>
> If the reasons to delete were for lack of memory or system failure -
> then it would seem to be a more collegial act than dismissing one's
> thoughts out of hand simply for the name they bear.
>