Polite responses only, please

[CHRISTINE ANAMEIER <CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov>]

     An innocuous question to the list ended with this imperative:
     > (Please respond to me or list with polite and considerate
     > e-mails only, thank you.)

     Man, are we really that rough a crowd? It sounds to me like the poster
     was expecting to get flamed, when the only potentially flame-provoking
     element of that otherwise innocuous post was the "don't flame me"
     pre-emptive strike.

     There's usually a certain level of candor and bluntness on this list,
     which I appreciate; but I haven't seen much rudeness. (But then, I'm
     from New York. I prefer that people not mince words.) Have people been
     flaming each other off-list or something?

     (Happy, non-profane responses only, thank you. No swearing, now.)

     Christine
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