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[CabbageRed]

"They both over-reacted, it's a big tough world out there, and a little dose of "let it slide" would do both sides a world of good."

Agreed. In a workplace environment, neither email shows tremendous fore-site and the fallout is needless.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

i really think this is a stretch.

Yes, "concerned, devout" is a strech, but so is "irrational, emotional". Does this one email really display "a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment?" She would've gotten the same results on the "hostile workplace" issue alone, without playing to the stereotypes by tossing in the overplayed "threatening" card.

 

[fart]

Yes, "concerned, devout" is a strech, but so is "irrational, emotional". Does this one email really display "a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment?"

yah, basically. you admit that it's inappropriate, right?

re: the original email, it was an announcement of an event on campus, contained no editorializing; only the time, date, and title of the presentation, along with the contact info of the campus sponsor. it was also sent to a mailing list called ANNOUNCEMENTS. that is why the reply button was not appropriate, not because the professor wanted to receive offensive email re: the event, but because a simple reply would send a message to the listserv, either into a blackhole, or across the entire list, which in this case would have been pretty bad.

second of all, at some point this person was added to this list as part of joining some organization on campus (probably the university itself). the message then was not unsolicited, as i'm assuming he could have unsubscribed at any time from this list, and by not unsubscribing he was tacitly agreeing to receive announcements of campus events.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

yah, basically. you admit that it's inappropriate, right?

Um... yeah? You have been reading this thread, right? Here's a hint, all of the posts labeled "Squirrel Killer" are mine.

 

[fart]

well that by itself demonstrates your dictionary definition, mister.

 

[maharg]

so the only option would be to take Daniel off the list, which could result in him missing important announcements.

No, another solution would be to create an announcements-perverted@university.edu mailing list for stuff like this.

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