In a message dated 97-02-01 12:27:06 EST, you write:

<< Please forgive me, Tweets, for taking this public, but at the moment I
feel insulted and in need of some support from the group.

Below is the response from Donald Peterson (I hope I've remembered the
last name correctly), who appears to be new to the group, to a message I
posted privately to him in which I wrote that there was no need to shout,
that we could hear him just fine. (His previous messages to Tweeters were
written all in caps, except that he "signed" his name to one of them in
lower case letters.) My message to him was meant as a polite way to let
him know the established etiquette of the group. Apparently, I offended
him. Certainly, he's offended me with his reply.

May I have a reiteration about established etiquette on this List? Do we
need to put up with such rudeness?

Thanks for your comments.

---Lisa (subplot at u.washington.edu)
Seattle, WA



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:44:37 -0500 (EST)
From: BTPICKLE at aol.com
To: subplot at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: BALD EAGLE CHASE TO ELENSBURGH

SHOUT, MOUTH, I'LL TYPE THE WAY I PREFERR, IF ALL CAPS MEANS SHOUTING TO YOU
ELITE CREEPS, PLEASE DON'T READ............

GET A LIFE!!!

DONALD

P. S. SUBPLOT?? RIGHT WING WHO??


>>
Lisa -
Certainly no one needs to put up with such rude behavior. You were at least
nice enough to post your message to him privately, and not publicly flame
him. I am new to the group too, but I have tried to be polite and follow
rules. I would never dream of replying in such a boorish way to a polite
reminder of the established etiquette.

Cathi Pelletier
Waterbury, CT