> If Fiona is soliciting votes as to whether she should continue puerile > flaming on a network that purportedly exists for the exchange of information > among reasonably mature individuals, then I vote no: I can take a joke and > have a sense of humor better than most, but there is no room for rudeness. > You might consider, Fiona, that with this medium, you are not there to arch > an eyebrow, crack a smile, or give any other non-verbal indications of your > intention--you lack even the freedom of vocal inflection. > Just a thought--please consider. > > Jim Barnes > Office of Information Technology > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > [log in to unmask] Let's all cool down about this, O.K.? Fiona most likely talks like that in real conversation. I know Fiona from the HORROR list; she posts like that all the time. Let's not bog down our conversation with arguing for or against someone's personal expression? Yours humbly, The Dark Angel