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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 06:06:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
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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:
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> > 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?)
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> 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".
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.
Of course that point is highly subjective, and will be vastly different for
different people, even the same people in different groups (eg I'd tend to
let things go a bit more in .debate or even .off-topic.* than anywhere
else), so I think its up to participants to let others know (privately) when
a discussion has passed their "uselessness point", so to speak, and up to
the posters to show a little respect for others by taking notice of such
notification.
That's not to say everything should just stop when one person thinks it's
gone too far, but maybe a little more care & thought put into replies. If
people continue to ask you to tone down, perhaps it's a good time to leave
the discussion (at least temporarily).
Anyway, all of this depends on all participants knowing what their
"uselessness point" is, and making sure they let others know (privately)
when it's been exceeded.
Any of that make sense?
ROSCO
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