Stan Hoeppner: > > I think most people know when I swing the cluebat that I'm not trying to > belittle the person on the receiving end, but simply forcefully driving > home a point. If I actually intended to hurt someone's feelings I'd > reply off list. That makes it personal. And this is exactly why I > never do such a thing--because it's *never* personal.
Interesting approach. I do it the other way round: I discarded many e-mails I had already written after asking myself whether I would write the same to the person privately, instead of on-list. If I feel uneasy about being harsh in private, I don't do it in public. J. -- When standing at the top of beachy head I find the rocks below very attractive. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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