"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
>
> At 11:35 19-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > > >It is my belief that discussions taken off-list should be kept off-list
> > > >until such time as all parties involved agree it should go back
> > > >on-list.
> > >
> > > Even if the discussion is technically not taken off-list, but one poster
> > > replies off-list because he apparently lacks the courage to reply on-list
> > > to on-list messages -- almost certainly because an on-list reply is likely
> > > to generate criticism of said poster's behaviour?
> >
> >Is that why he's doing it?
>
> I cannot look inside JDG's head, so I cannot say with 100% certainty that
> lack of courage is the reason why he replied off-list to on-list posts. It
> does however seem to be the reason; I have tried and failed to think of any
> other reason that sounded at least a bit acceptable.
Have you asked him? If not, is this one of those questions you think he
won't answer and are pre-emptively *not* asking him?
Julia
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