Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f6BH5Df29764; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:05:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:05:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sb4c3362.025@epcc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Andres Muro" <andresm.RGCAMPUS.EPCCRG@epcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6272] Re: meanness X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.4 Status: O Content-Length: 1690 Lines: 44 Sorry :-( As always, I stand corrected. I apologize for my obnoxiusness (I wasn't trying to be mean spirited though). Andres >>> Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu 07/11/01 06:59AM >>> Dear all, I'm aware of the fact that many of us have to pay for access to email, that some of us may be trying to download mail from out of the office and have to pay long distance charges, so that 'trivial' email can be a burden . Generally, if folks need to use this list to communicate back and forth, if someone occasionally hits reply to the list when they should have sent a message to just one person, so what. It happens. If the message is insignifant to me, I delete it. But this last round has taken things too far. If an ESOL learner had asked about an urban legend, had been taken in by what, on its face seems a terrifying story -- would anyone here belittle that person? Why, then, is it ok to suddenly start snapping and being just plain mean spirited to colleagues here? The good thing about a listserv is that is bring disparate voices together. But we don't know each other very well very often and have no way of knowing the impact of our 'casual' or snarky, sarcastic posts. Or of their potential to silence other questions. to stop conversation. Please, think about that when you're annoyed by someone's opinion or question. Maybe s/he just hadn't known about whatever the thing in question is . Being mean spirited only helps to silence others who might ask -- or, who -- through just not knowing -- wanted to warn people about something hideous like needles at gas pumps. Please let's try to take better care of one another here thanks Janet isserlis
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