[WikiEN-l] drama and incivility

[Steve Bennett]

On 8/29/07, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
> contribute something I don't like.  I can control my own inbox, just as
> I control what I toss when my physical mail arrives at home.  I don't
> cry and wail when I get junk mail and unsolicited crap in my physical
> mail at home, so why do so on the Internet?

When there is noise on a discussion list, the list itself suffers. Not
just the people who have to read it.

Steve