many feel the general rules of Netiquette are that personal messages
should not be forwarded to lists as they are private messages not meant
for public consumption.

often times i feel that people that intentionally send private emails to
public lists have an axe to grind.  i think the only widely accepted
exception to this "rule" is posting email replies from companies as most
companies are going to join the list to offer their input.

jonathan

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, monte merrick wrote:

> dear listees
>
> mr keezer has requested that i apologize to the list for posting
> private email from him to me.
>
> if that was a violation of the list protocol than i am now corrected
> and will do not do so in the future. this howevver is not an apology.
> based on no more information about me than a link i posted on the list
> to hempcar.org regarding rudolf diesel and biodiesel, and another post
> in which i  suggested that biodiesel is not as benign as is suggested
> due to the potential for animal based fuels, he has attacked me and his
> idea of what my religion must be, and has done so privately without my
> invitation. he claims we were having a discussion. i disagree. i
> believe that at first i  was trying with a light hand to sterr him back
> to the forum and then with a much less light hand letting him know that
> he was violating my privacy.
>
> and that's where i stand.  i am willing to share my communications with
> mr. keezer with this forum. he apparently is not willing to share his.
>
> certainly i recognize that we all privately email one another when an
> issue does not concern the entire list - or when a personal aside is
> called for. in no way do i mean to interfere with ordinary human
> communication.
>
> thanks you and i am sorry for any wasted time or bandwidth this issue
> has caused.
>
>
> monte merrick
> wildlife rehabilitator/oiled bird care specialist
> seattle washington
> montemerrick@speakeasy.net
>
>
>