[ale] hijacked threads are bad etiquette

[Jim Kinney]

I have read many studies that all seem to point out the need for visual cues
in human communication. Email does not provide that. So on a mailing list we
all become somewhat afflicted with Aspergers Syndrome (a part of the autism
spectrum).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

> Wow.  I don't get it.  When we meet it's all good but when we're online
> it's a whole nuther story.  Go fig.  So much in common that we come here
> (ALE) but so far apart that we cannot read beyond our own anger in
> posted messages to and fro?
>
> I for one applaud what you're doing!
>
>
> Rich Faulkner
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 08:39 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > For those that are either too young to understand or too old to
> > remember or too socially-inept to care, it is considered very poor
> > etiquette to change the topic in a discussion thread without changing
> > the subject line. Most people understand that topics drift but a shift
> > from cool picture to horrid health care crosses many boundaries that
> > should never be crossed.
> >
> > So let's all play in the sandbox nicely together without throwing toys
> > and sand at everyone else.
> >
> > Anyone who hijacks another thread with politics, religion or economics
> > will be moderated with no further notice. This is not the place so
> > take it somewhere else.
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
> > they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
> > outcome.
> > - 2011 Noam Chomsky
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky*
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