Re: (ET) Reply to E-bay Insanity

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

I'm not the sysop, and this isn't really my place here - but perhaps this 
is 
a good time to remind folks that when you hit the SEND button or key, your 
words go out and hang in the air forever.

Uncle Sam is listening, but only in the most cursory sense.  Others may be 
listening much more keenly, and perhaps not for reasons that you approve 
of.

If you've never done so, sometime when you're bored type your name and/or 
your email address into a search engine.  I guarantee you'll be surprised 
- 
possibly unpleasantly.  If nothing else, it makes for a very interesting 
evening's reading.

Now think about this : those words will still be out there in a year, 5 
years, 20 years, maybe 50 years or more.

Most internet mailing lists and forums are archived.  Some of them are 
stored for indefinite periods in one or several public places on the net.  
Many or most of them reside in tens or hundreds of thousands of private 
places (the disk drives of individuals' computers).  What I type now, and 
everything that you have typed to this list - it's all out there, writ 
large 
for all to see.

Think before you send : would I want a potential or current employer, one 
of 
my heirs, an angry subordinate, a private investigator, a jealous romantic 
or business rival, a murderous or larcenous criminal, a stalker, a new 
mate 
or old spouse or former lover to read this?  

OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.  Thanks for reading.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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