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Re: When is it appropriate to "take it to email" and when isn't it?
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:06:57 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:GFB6DI.KC7@lugnet.com...

Here is the question to those that seem to advocate "taking it to email"
whenever one or more parties to a discussion seem to go out of the bounds • of
normal discourse:

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 it ALWAYS a reasonable course of action. That doesn't necessarily
make it correct. But I think anything positive which may be lost to the rest
of the participants by "taking it to email" is generally less than the
negative feelings caused by not doing so, which tends to push me to "err on
the side of caution".

Regards

ROSCO (Posting via NNTP to check out the new authentication!)



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  Re: When is it appropriate to "take it to email" and when isn't it?
 
(...) Hmmmm. I guess that doesn't really answer the question, does it? But following on from what I said I guess when the negative feeling generated by a discussion out-weighs any positive interest, it's time to start thinking about going elsewhere. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  When is it appropriate to "take it to email" and when isn't it?
 
(...) I would like to dig into this notion a bit more. I think there are situations where it is flatly incorrect to advocate this. I want to stay out of the particular situation that provoked the request and not use it as an example, but I would (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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