> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Larry Bradley
>
> There is no such things as a stupid question, just a stupid answer.
>
> One of things I have deplored over the many years I've been involved in
> various Internet fora is the tendency of a lot of people to put
> down others
> for asking "stupid" questions, in a manner that would get them a punch in
> the nose if they did it in person.
>

I agree completely.  I am on several lists in various fields of interest.
None of the lists I stay on will tolerate people typing things "that would
get them a punch in the nose if they did it in person."

I don't understand why people say things in email with no consideration for
who the other person is or what they might bring to the table;  things that
they would never say in a face-to-face encounter with a total stranger.

Why should behaviour that would be patently rude in an office be ok on a
mailing list.

Bruce Partridge
http://www.rebreather.ca


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