Jon, Thanks for this post. Maybe if everyone this type of thing happens to would do exactly what your last line says, this type of small-minded, venemous posting would stop. At least they might think twice about how their post was worded. Discuss, agree, disagree, have your own opinion and post it, but don't try to deny someone else his/her opinion by posting hate mail. NO one on this list is *that* perfect. Ed Tomlinson made a post yesterday that, to me, is a perfect example of how to do this. He disagreed very strongly with a post Les Smith had made but it was not done in a "hate mail" type of way. It was well thought out, expressed *his* opinion and how/why he disagreed. Just *my* opinion. Avery >Andr=E9 Oorebeek was elected president of the Dutch VvPN. > >But unfortunately, Andr=E9 has unsubscribed due to the rash of >hate mail received over the hammer hardening discussion. > >Must you reply with the zeal of an attacking pitbull? >Where is the civility, the professional discourse? > >Jon Page >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The anonimity this medium offers is not license for rudeness. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ><<warning: all flames promptly forwarded to the list unread.>> _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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