on 9/5/07 9:19 AM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
And, as as a member of these group discussions, please allow me the right to decide what upsets me or not. If I don't like what's being said, I can simply move on to another discussion.
All these "let me decide what to read" arguments are fundamentally flawed. You can't make that decision until after you've read the email, by which point it's too late.
Thomas,
When a message comes onto my screen, I scan it quickly. If I am interested in what I see, I read it thoroughly; if I'm not interested, I move on. I'm simply asking that it appear in the first place.
Marc