Klarinet Archive - Posting 001129.txt from 1998/01

From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Me too messages
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:05:25 -0500

i'm not talking about the reply material included in the messages....i agree that thatis
wrong....but it is not wrong to include a short message....it really doesn't take that much to
use your delete button..get over it.
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:11:21 -0600 (CST) "Edwin V. Lacy"
<el2@-----.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Jennifer Rose McKenna wrote:
>
> > it isn't hurting anyone to put out messages which convey there
> > thoughts...not matter how short they are....
>
> I think that's not the point. Some of the usenet newsgroups won't accept
> messages if they include more quoted material than new. That makes a lot
> of sense. It prevents the situation we had today when someone quoted an
> entire digest, posting at the end their one-sentence request to be
> unsubscribed. Naturally, that means that they never read the instructional
> message they received when they subscribed, which advised them to be sure
> to "save this message." Was anyone's life improved by having to deal with
> that? I doubt it. Is the body of knowledge improved when someone quotes
> a long message, just to add, "Me, too!," or "Right!" I don't think so. A
> list such as this is neither an referendum nor a popularity contest. If
> someone needs the emotional support they can gain by seeing that someone
> else agrees with them, they need to deal this by consulting their
> psychiatrist, not a mailing list.
>
> Sorry to have to disagree with your opinion. I guess that is what makes
> life interesting, if sometimes irritating.
>
> Ed Lacy
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