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<div style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, arial" size="2">From: Mark Purney <mark.purney@mesapiano.com></font><br>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_5880bdb7-5f7c-4de3-a6e1-61d745a5e4df" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">>></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9pt;"> Why are we putting up with this crap? Why can't we, in the
name of respect and decency, set some reasonable standards of normal
human behavior and draw a line? It's time for us to realize that good
will, a collaborative spirit, and mutual respect is far too important to
let someone like Duaine Hechler crap all over it day after day after day.</span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><<</font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br>
</font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Greetings, </font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> It seems to me that there is no problem for anyone until his email is opened. Why even read offensive postings? There is</font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">a pay-off for those that post negative, and it is the attention that they receive. We, collectively, bestow that attention, and if we</font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">remove it, the poster will go away. But if not, the only people affected will be the ones that open his postings and read them. </font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">We have a personal choice.</font></font></tt></pre><pre><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Regards, </font></font></tt></pre>
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