On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:33:47 -0700 "Daniel C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Doran L. "Fozz" Barton > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The sender is not responsible for anything he mentioned in this > >> e-mail. Please take his words on your own risk. > > > > What the?! > > I always think it's funny that these go at the END of the email, so > you don't get to them until you've already read what they might not > have wanted you to. When the second Continental Congress met, the British were able to intercept mail between the delegates and their homes, including some between John and Abigail Adams, some of which was rather intimate even by our modern standards. The British published some of these in New York newspapers, which then circulated across the nascent states. The story is told that one of the delegates, quite scandalized, asked Benjamin Franklin if he had read one such letter. Franklin replied that a gentleman does not read another gentleman's mail no matter where he finds it. Then again, one should not depend on the whole world having Benjamin Franklin's discretion. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
