A question of manners

[jhetley]

Been a bunch of nonsense back and forth, both in private SFWA internet discussion groups and in a (non-LJ) blog, about copying and posting stuff in a public place -- that blog -- that was spoken (written) in a private group*.

As far as I'm concerned, this represented a _major_ violation of good manners. Totally boorish. The person took "private" conversations -- ignore questions of Internet security, of which there remains damned little -- and published them. Private conversations in which he did not even take part. As far as I can recall or discover, the person had _never_ taken part in conversations in that group. A lurker.

Two, three hundred years ago, the person would have been challenged to about a dozen duels.

*SFWA members only, password required.

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Might damage the laptop. One suggestion was made, not by me -- critics' heads at ten paces. Various objections raised, such as not enought weight to do damage, to which reply was made that critics' heads tend to explode on contact with reality...