[Tfug] Slightly OT but also funny as ?

[Matthew Patenaude]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Scoff if you like, I prefer a little propriety in how I educate my
>> children. We are concerned about a lot more - we work in foreign countries
>> with needy people... And no, my children aren't locked in a basement
>> somewhere. But for your information, they don't watch TV, and are better off
>> for it.
>>
>> I find it amazing that you would get upset a simple request to watch the
>> language in your subject lines... incredible!
>>
>>
> I don't think anyone is questioning your parenting skills...
>
> However, your children aren't subscribed to TFUG - you are.  I don't think
> it's unreasonable to ask people to tone their language down, but I guess
> it's kinda hard to complain when you aren't limitng access on your end.
>
>      - Chris
>
> --
> Christopher P Robbins
> Phone: (928) 257-6368
> Email: robbinsc at gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org
>
>
Chris, I understand your point. The deal is that Gmail tends to be much
easier used as webmail than anything else, therefore the emails don't get
filtered out. I would rather not be forced to switch to opening a mail
client all the time just because grown-ups who should know better have so
little character that they get upset because someone simply asks that they
be more mature in their choice of words *in their subject lines*. It's not
like I asked them to modify their language even in their emails themselves,
but you would think I had asked them to repent and turn to Christ (from they
way they have responded), which I should have instead of wasting my time
asking them to just be a little considerate. A decent American used to would
have acknowledged such a simple request as mine... I guess the times, they
are a changin'!

This is my final word on the subject and last request. I will simply try to
delete emails as quickly as the show up if their subject lines are not
clean. I wonder, however, how long the others will keep this up...

Matthew
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://tfug.org/pipermail/tfug_tfug.org/attachments/20100615/e79dd85f/attachment-0002.html>