Hi.
I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. I definitely was advocating
that, and in fact I did so months ago, so I was only seeing replies to him.
Anyway, my point was mostly not to repeat his vulgarity when he gets his
gutter mouth going.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 11:30 AM 9/24/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Lou,
> One thing a person can do is create a message filter. I created a
>specific filter that sent most of the messages from Simon directly to the
>deleted items folder. In out look express one can create message rules that
>filter out messages with specific offensive words. I might start on that
>project next.
> God bless,
> Mark WZ0K
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:45 AM
>Subject: Use Your Head
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I was offended by one of the posts last night. It was suggesting that one
> > might unsubscribe from the list and was then followed by a copy of a very
> > offensive message sent by an unscrupulous individual who was recently
> > booted off the list. I do not have a problem with the person expressing
> > outrage at such depraved and immoral language, but I DO have a problem
> > with
> > compounding the infraction by having a copy of the offensive message at
> > the
> > bottom of your message. Find some way to reference the message without
> > making all of us read that filth again.
> >
> > And, when someone starts using such language, I think everyone would do
> > well to use the filtering capabilities of Outlook, Outlook Express, or
> > Eudora to block the messages from such an individual. It is a lot harder
> > with web based mail, and I don't have a good solution for such a person,
> > but once we establish that a person is dealing in bad faith, the only
> > thing
> > that can make a bad situation worse is to continue to engage him or
> > her. It's hard to resist telling some one that they are a pig, and it
> > might make you feel better, but it generally doesn't cause the person to
> > go
> > away or change their behavior. It causes the situation to escalate to
> > what
> > we had with this offensive message. I think this might have been a
> > learning experience for all of us, myself included.
> >
> > Let's not respond once we reach the point where we start to see something
> > like this spinning out of control, and for the sake of decency, when
> > someone posts a message using what all of us would probably is gutter
> > language, let's not compound the offense by repeating it.
> > .
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753
> >
> >
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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