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I have been thinking on similar lines. I joined this list few months back.
MOst of you may not recognize me, as i have not been writing to guys and
gals. But i do not do this simplay bcoz i think that all of there are simply
interestde in back biting. Nothing productive comes out anyways. All of you
seem to really enhot catching each other....do something productive people.
I am really sick of seeing those useless threads on Fonts. Oh! Cmon ....be
more professional....more ethical.
I don't know what eric thinks about this? But hey eric...seriously...what is
your list becomin....some sort of a platform to sort out differences..... Do
give it a thought.....maybe it's time to lay down some kind of a code.....Im
sure this is not what you had in mind whern you started this list
Some Tech Writers i know of just lashback and say....TECHWR_L...god you must
be crazy to join those nerdy people there.
People lets make this a useful list for TEch writers to solve their queries
and prolems. We are just wasting time and trying to delete those mails from
our iNboxes.
Hope to see some change
Maria
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Plato" <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:57 PM
Subject: Goodbye TECHWR-L
>
> "Stephanie Pierre" <stefpierre -at- netscape -dot- net> wrote
>
> > -- You *do* ridicule people. All the time.
> > You bad-mouth nearly everybody, including
> > the poor sops who have to work for you.
>
> You know what Stephanie, you have the dubious honor of being the straw
that
> broke my back.
>
> I am too busy to deal with this crap any longer. This is a dream come true
for
> some of you. You got what you've always wanted. I am leaving the list.
>
> Now you're free to chat about the new fonts you'll use for your
internationally
> recognized methodology. How you're going to information mapping school and
its
> making you a better organizer of information you don't understand. You can
have
> long rambling threads about how STC is the greatest organization in the
world.
> And you won't have to fear me coming out and sniping at you.
>
> Since I've been here I've had my business, my life, and even my customers
> threatened by list members who just can't handle me disagreeing with them.
> I've had people from this list call me "fat-ass" "faggot" and even some
clever
> stuff like "menace to writing." All because I wouldn't agree with them.
>
> I need to stop this and and focus my life on things that really matter.
The
> truth is, I am not a technical writer any more and I haven't been for
about a
> year. Sure I still do the occasional job for places who really need help.
>
> I'm getting my CISSP next week, which means I'll be a certified security
> engineer. And that is where I need to go. I need to get away from this
place
> and the bad feelings here. Its obvious my detractors are becoming louder
and
> nastier. I don't have the time or the energy to argue with these people
any
> longer.
>
> Yes, its a glorious day for TECHWR-L. That ridiculing bastard Andrew Plato
is
> finally leaving. The reign of terror at TECHWR-L is over. After I post
this
> message I am killing my yahoo account and removing TECHWR-L from my
newsreader
> client. If you want to email me from here on out you can email
> anitian -at- yahoo -dot- com -dot- Don't be offended if I don't reply immediately.
>
> Good luck folks. I wish you all well.
>
> Now, get back to work, you.
>
> Andrew Plato
>
> __________________________________________________
>
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