Fw: Forward - Listserv Repentence

[Marvin <physchem...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Bell" <nicandbel (at) yahoo(dot)com>
Newsgroups: rec.humor.jewish
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 7:50 AM
Subject: Forward - Listserv Repentence


> LISTSERV REPENTANCE
>
>  For the sin we have committed in posting copyrighted material
> to the listserv,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed by forwarding virus warnings,
> NEA appeals, and dying child requests.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in harshly judging other List members
>  by their spelling or use of punctuation,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in posting a message
> without spell checking it first.
>
>  For the sin we have committed by raising our voice through the
>  over-use of capital letters,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in lowercasing the pronoun "I" as
>  an original and clever expression of language.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in rushing to delete overly long
>  messages and those with the name of a digest on the subject line,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in responding to the List
> by simply pressing the Reply key.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in posting "unsubscribe" and other
>  server commands to the List itself,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in enjoying what were obviously
>  private messages sent to the List in error.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in assuming that anyone with e-mail
>  also has access to the Web, U.S. television,
> and the spiritual foundation with which we were raised,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in believing that our gentle digs
>  and tongue-in-cheek comments could never be misinterpreted.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in analyzing an innocent comment to death,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in failing to recognize that for
>  some List members, rebutting one piece of a post is
>  the best way to show that the whole message was taken seriously.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in posting how everyone should
>  take it easy and not be so sensitive,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in feeling personally insulted by
>  another List member's inability to master Netiquette
>  and an undetermined portion of their real world lives.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in trying to post attachments to the List,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in believing that our bonds with
>  the List community were a replacement
>  for neighborhood, volunteer, and other real world attachments.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in feeling superior to List members
>  whose self-revelations have actually taught us valuable lessons,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed in forgetting that the archives
>  are searchable, and that sharing confidential information about
>  people who may someday seek it out is an act of honesty that could
>  eventually harm the innocent.
>
>  For the sin we have committed in fearing on-line disagreements as
>  divisive and dangerous, forgetting that our community is truly
multifaceted,
>
>  and for the sin we have committed by not attempting to start a new
>  thread if the List seemed to need a different direction.
>
>  For these and other sins, some are guilty,
>  all are responsible for the Send button.
>
> ~ From Carl in Israel ~
>

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