On Jul 28, 2007, at 11:33 AM, James Heartfield wrote:
> Yoshie:
>
> "But this mailing list is your private property, so it's up to you how
> you make up and selectively enforce your arbitrary rules."
>
> Doug does share his private property with the rest of us, and his
> rules are
> not arbitrary, but enjoy our assent because they are generally
> fair. I enjoy
> Yoshie's posts, but Doug has a point about lengthy quotation.
I don't mind "lengthy quotations," but when they're sent to multiple outlets with a headnote that sounds like lecturing from on high, they sound more like being talked at than with. It's snotty and antisocial.
Doug