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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:37:16 -0400
Subject: Re: Aggressive language on python-list
From: Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com>
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> [a public response to a private email]
>>>
>>> I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email
>>> exchange*, especially when it has nothing whatsoever to do with this
>>> list.
>>
>> Usually, etiquette dictates, that we hit "reply all".
>
> That's not actually true either. The convention is to reply to the
> list with material that is edifying to the list, or to the author
> alone if the situation calls for it. Using reply-all sends the author
> a copy as well as putting it on-list, which is unnecessary (unless
> it's likely the author isn't subscribed). It's completely unnecessary
> to include the list in what's not of interest.
>
> And here I am, posting on-list something that's completely necessary.
> (sigh* Alex, Dwight, can you two please cool down a bit? A little
> calmness would improve this discussion significantly, methinks.
>
Sometimes an e-mail doesn't convey tone, or pitch of voice. If it were
face to face, instead of text, things would be much different.


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