On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, M. Adam Davis wrote:

> The list is a community.
> 
> If you want to wear a mask and hide from the list members then there
> are solutions you can implement on your end to resolve your personal
> privacy issues.  Don't come to the list and ask EVERYONE to wear a
> mask just because you have some privcay issues that can be resolved
> simply by wearing a mask yourself.
> 
> As a public list one must recognize that if one participates they may
> be bothered by others inside and outside the community merely because
> of their participation in the community.
> 
> There are solutions to limit or eliminate the external exposure at the
> client side, which I argue is the best place to deal with it.
> 
> The community is founded on people, and anything that puts walls
> between community members must necessarily negatively affect the
> community.
> 
> But at the end of the day, ALL these issues can be solved at the
> client end with no change to the list for those few people who cannot
> deal with the side effects and exposure that belonging to the list
> entails.
> 

Oh come on, the problem is NOT that Olin wants to hide from the list, it's 
that he doesn't want someone coming along and plastering his posts OUTSIDE 
of the list with his email address on them. And that's exactly how I feel.

I'd love to leave my PICLIST email address open to everyone but the amount 
of work it causes me isn't worth it.

Regards
Sergio Masci
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