Klarinet Archive - Posting 001152.txt from 1998/03

From: CARRIE L EISHER <carleish@-----.edU>
Subj: Re: Insults on the list
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:32:04 -0500

Bravo! This needed to be said a long time ago.

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Lee Hickling wrote:

> Elliot Oki" <eoki@-----.org> wrote:
> >well sheesh your band sux then...
>
> The only excuse I can think of for this kind of post is immaturity. It is
> offensive not only to the person to whom such a rude and pointless message
> is addressed, but to me and I believe almost every other subscriber to
> Klarinet.
>
> One of the disturbing things about the Web is the way people freely abuse
> other people for no good reason, if there is such a thing as a good reason.
> Grownups can disagree violently without resorting to insults like this.
>
> The only thing Mr. Oki has accomplished by this message is to show the
> world how much growing up he has yet to do.
>
>
>
> Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>
>