Like Ann I understand that this is public forum and my statements are fair game and I have no desire to exercise and form of prior restraint. One concern I have is context. This being, at its best, a forum for the exchange and debate of ideas there exists the possibility that the statements made in one post may end up modified by the ensuing discussion. Also, there may be more information I can provide or point a writer to if they let me know they were using my words.
I guess I to would like a simple courtesy of a note that my comments will be quoted. In addition to the above I also do like to keep track of where my name is appearing and how my words are being used.
Megan Thomas
West Seventh (at night)
Stadium Village (during the workday)
On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 07:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just a word to the wise, gleaned today from experience:� Strib columnist Barbara Flanigan quoted me in her Monday column from something I� posted to this list some time ago.� No biggie, but neither she nor anyone else from the Strib had contacted me about the post prior to its appearance in the paper yesterday. I was surprised when someone at work told me I'd been quoted in Monday's paper.
Now, I don't care. I figure that anything I put on the list with my signature is out there in the public domain and the quote was innocuous, but I was still surprised to find my remark quoted and attributed in Flanigan's column yesterday.
Given the fevered pitch some recent postings to this list have taken, I just wanted to remind you that "stuff" does get around...in case you want to consider this when you post.
Ann Berget
Kingfield
