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Re: When is it appropriate to "take it to email" and when isn't it?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 04:54:14 GMT
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> >
> > When is this not an appropriate thing to do? Can you, the advocates of • that
> > course of action, come up with examples of when it isn't? Why isn't it in
> > those cases? (or, alternatively, are you saying that "taking it to email" • is
> > ALWAYS the correct course no matter how bad the social transgression or • how
> > one sided it might be?)
> >
> > I think in so answering you will form the basis for a fruitful discussion
> > about norms of behaviour.
>
> Well, ask yourself:
>
> Does my post, or my argument with this person, needlessly take away from • the
> enjoyment of other users?
> Is this debate unnecessarily flooding the group?
> How many people am I currently engaged in argument with?
> Has most of this debate already been hashed out?
> Am I one of the only two people still lingering on this topic?
> How much have I beaten this topic to the ground?
> Would other users' sanity benefit from this *not* continuing?
>
> Those are quick ones that I just made up. I think that beyond a certain
> point, continuing like that in public is rude and immature - no matter who
> is right. But, where is that point, and where was that line crossed in • this
> case? I think the line is fuzzy. In this case, maybe the line was where
> James posted, a few people agreed with him, and the two of you started up
> again in that very thread. I think sometimes discussions nitpicked to the
> level we've seen here can damage a group, because it turns people off to
> reading it and sends them away - diminishing the different people (and • their
> respective viewpoints) we see.
>
> For the sake of keeping the community together, there should be a sense of
> what is appropriate and what is not appropriate for a public forum. In • your
> case, the issues seem to be pretty personal between you and Scott, so it
> should be handled by just the two of you, and its unnecessary (and I say
> annoying and damaging) to expose the rest of us to your disagreements.
I think you should also start thinking even more carefully when others start
emailing you *asking* you to take it out of the public arena...
Regards
ROSCO
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