Steve wrote:
>> Jim Balter wrote:
> >
> > rawcswi at my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > However, you can hardly expect both to be rude to someone in a
> > > private communication and to have them show you the courtesy of
> > > protecting the privacy of your communication.
> >
> > Yes, I most certainly can expect that, from people with any regard
> > for the rule against making private communications public.
> > Of course some morally corrupt persons find all sorts of
> > justifications for their corruption, such as "oh, that rule doesn't
> > apply if the person was rude".
> > <J Q B>
> ----------------------------------
> There's no such "rule". It originated in a file written in ten minutes
> by a sysadmin of the old DarpaNet to request that people stop flaming
> each other. It's merely a recommendation, not a rule of any kind. No
> ISP's defend it and they will tell you there is no such obligation.
> Mail sent by USPS to a person becomes their property in its entirety,
> though not their copyright. The sender owns the copyrights, but the
> reciepient owns the right to distribute the information given him
> any way he wishes.
You might want to refer to the extensive past discussions in c.a.p
about rules and rule-following behavior (that would at least have
something to do with topics appropriate to the group). I was
not referring to something written in a rulebook or something
enforced by some institutional authority.
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<J Q B>
