Subject:
Apology NJC
Date:
Tue, 01 Jan 2002 09:46:38 -0600
From:
"Sharon L. Buffington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization:
Buffington Law Office
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paul wrote:
"Sharon,
It is extremely poor Netiquette to post to a group a message
sent to
you privately without
permission of the person who sent it to you.
Apparently you are not a person to be trusted."
My response:
Dear Paul:
I owe you an apology. My initial response to your post that we
use NJC
for the "Save Wally discussion" was that you were being
needlessly
unkind given the situation in Argentina and our concerns for
Wally.
Once I expressed this opinion to the list you sent me a private
missive
whereby you confirmed your unkindness. That notwithstanding, I
believe
you purposefully tried to influence my perspective by telling
me
negative things about Wally as a means to justify your
position.
When you do such a thing it is insulting. Not just to Wally
but to all
of us who love and care about another person. It is one thing
to share
a concern about another person privately. However, when you
sacrificed
Wally in order to justify your position, I did not find that
honorable.
When you do such a thing with me you are correct...I am "not a
person to
be trusted". And I will not let such a thing occupy my private
world.
You have reacted to my posting of your missive by calling forth
your
sense of privacy. I find that this "sense of privacy" is often
the
concealment of what conflicts with our self-image and which so
often
cuts us off from understanding and help.
Being in my profession I am a great keeper of secrets. Within
my
private life friends confide in me because I do not jeopardize
them.
However, your "netiquette" missive is unpersuasive and fails to
guilt me
into silence. I will not passively conceal your unsolicited
invasion of
my world or be stuck with the barbs you so very surreptitiously
issued
toward Wally. I will talk. You are correct I am "not a person
to be
trusted".
Sharon
