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Subject:Re[6]: How one fellow sees us From:Virginia Krenn <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 11 Oct 1994 15:12:54 CDT
Karen,
I would NEVER complain about my boss. He is the most wonderful boss
that anyone has ever had or ever will have. And, he also reads this
list.
As a general rule, though, I try to not say things about people that
aren't true and that I don't want them to hear about.
I hope that you are right and that the message from wnash -at- sunquest -dot- com
to the other list will pique people's curiosity enough to subscribe to
this list. But, I don't think that there is any question that he meant
it to be negative.
Virginia
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Author: Karen Kay <karenk -at- netcom -dot- com> at SMTP
asdxvlk -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu said:
> I don't agree with your criticism of Richard's post.
It wasn't meant as harsh criticism, just a comment or caution. I was
very tempted to do the same thing he did. I didn't, because of
copyright restrictions.
The reason that I was so tempted to post this is that I couldn't
figure out whether wnash's post was a benison or a slam. He certainly did
provide the address to sign up, and so on.
> I think that when wnash -at- sunquest -dot- com wrote a diatribe against the
> Techwriter's list that he gave up any rights that he may have had to not
> have his message reproduced to the very same list that he railed against.
Your civil rights are *not* abrogated if you say something someone
doesn't like.
> It seems that there is a point of law that says everyone has a right to
> "face their accuser" or in this case to at least know what they're being
> accused of.
If you complained to a friend about your boss and she went and told
your boss what you said would you feel the same way? Besides, he *did*
tell us almost exactly the same thing in a post to the list.