THe problem stems from the way the list serv is constructed.
IF it were constructed sot that a reply went to the sender
and NOT the listserv, then these personal epithets
would not be sent to unwanted readers.
Sobstantive rhetoric I/we welcome, sensless interpersonal
banter, usless, and a waste of computing resources.
Wm
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Jeremiah Luna wrote:
> William your not speaking for me, i want more posts, and not people asking
> for this book or that, or can someone find some place where somebody said
> this. . I find the academic posts borring, unless they have an agruement
> of some sort, why hoistility to posts which resemble conversation?
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> Jeremiah
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> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, William J King wrote:
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> > I suggest some people rethink what is the appropriate use
> > of these listservs; realizing that their personal drivel
> > extends to hundreds of unwanted mailboxes and the network
> > and computer use that is abused in this jejune process.
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> > William J. King, PhD, MPH
> > University of Hawaii--Manoa
> > 2565 The Mall, Keller 202A
> > Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, 96822
> > 808 956 2403 (voice)
> > 808 956 2412 ( fax )
> > bill@xxxxxxxxxx ( e-mail )
> > Actually:
> > 21 degrees 17 minutes 56.2653 seconds North
> > 157 degrees 48 minutes 57.8565 seconds West
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