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 ---------- 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? >