Stan Hoeppner: > > I think most people know when I swing the cluebat that I'm not trying to > belittle the person on the receiving end, but simply forcefully driving > home a point. If I actually intended to hurt someone's feelings I'd > reply off list. That makes it personal. And this is exactly why I > never do such a thing--because it's *never* personal.
Interesting approach.
I do it the other way round: I discarded many e-mails I had already
written after asking myself whether I would write the same to the
person privately, instead of on-list. If I feel uneasy about being harsh
in private, I don't do it in public.
J.
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When standing at the top of beachy head I find the rocks below very
attractive.
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