On Jul 20, 2019, at 8:00 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> While I agree that making a non-optimal digital copy in such cases, is, >> well, non-optimal (because for _many uses_, the basic information is still >> available, wheras for many important documents, not even that remains), >> there's no way it's "right up there with genocide" - and if you really >> think so, you definitely need to examine your sense of scale, because it's >> seriously defective. >> >> [name removed] > > I agree that when historical documents are lost without even any kind of > digital copy made, that's the worst. > > However I was pretty careful to preceded that quoted paragraph with > conditionals. Nonetheless, comparing some small amount of lost information to genocide, which is a real thing that has happened and is still happening in the world today, and which has affected people on the list and those they are close to, is more than a bit offensive. Please be more considerate of this and, as was suggested by the person whose correspondence you posted, examine your sense of scale. -- Chris
