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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 20:01:39 +1300
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From: Chris Dunn <Chris.Dunn@massey.ac.nz>
Subject: Flaming messages
I agree completely with Danielle when she says

Could Christian and Tom PLEASE take their petty argument to their
private email accounts.
Intellectual arguments are most welcome, but it should not be necessary
to subject us all to something that has become what I consider a
"pissing match" to impress others or denigrate each other.

SO what do you or I do about it.. its a free net.. and this is just another
dull episode

I now simply trash anything that Christian writes without reading it, (and
anything Tom writes in reply to Christian)

Christian's approach seems to me to be one of 'flamming', and that is
totally boring.

Another possible way of dealing with this if you find it irritating is to
return the writers email message to them (not to the list) with minimal
comment. If enough people return the mail "unopened" - the sender might get
the  message.

Regards,

Chris.
Chris Dunn                    Chris.Dunn@massey.ac.nz
MA student                 home phone 0064-6-357-6460
Sociology Department              fax 0064-6-323-3909
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand