Olivia makes an excellent point.  It is oftentimes hard to tell how a
person is feeling thru an e-mail message- there are no faces involved, thus
it is easier to  misinterpret a message when you aren't dealing with an
individual face to face.  This however is no excuse for being rude.

Arlyn Danielson

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From:   Olivia S. Anastasiadis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, November 18, 1997 6:31 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Food for Thought

What is weird about rudeness is that you could be making a statement that
you think is completely inoffensive, and someone out there yells "foul."
We can certainly find another outlet for rudeness, but I don't think
rudeness is an especially distinctive mark of cyberspace (as already
pointed out).  I was going to say that the DEL key is the best thing to
use when you don't have time for rudeness, but to use the DEL key is
perhaps a scapegoat.  I don't think we're going to get a "kinder and
gentler" America, so we'll have to find ways to diplomatically defuse the
bad feelings and rudeness amongst ourselves, so that we can continue
being a Museum-L family.

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:14:00 -0500 Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Can we find another outlet for rudeness?
>