- From: Mike Burks <mburks952@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 19:15:20 -0500
- To: "Charles F. Munat" <coder@acnet.net>, "Accessability" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
All, I would think it would behoove all of us to remember we are members of the Human Race. Supposedly with a common cause of making things more accessible to everyone. I seem to remember an admonition that applies here. " A house divided against itself cannot stand. " Sincerely, Mike Burks -----Original Message----- From: Charles F. Munat <coder@acnet.net> To: Accessability <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [Fwd: The third thing I don't like about the WAI-IG list] >Lakespur Roca wrote: > >"I have actually worked with a woman doing an empirical >study of Email >communication and how it's messages are misunderstood. And >boy are they! >An idol of mine Norm Abraham of This Old House and New >Yankee Workshop >espouses "measure twice, cut once". Here I think it would be >"think >twice, send once." I see lots of messages here the >respondent to a >message did not understand the premise of a message and so >missed the >point. And others where the sender did not clearly express >their point. >The ensuing messages went back an forth with out making >points that >would have added any thing to the discussion." > >-------------- > >An excellent point. But misinterpretation occurs on both >ends, so I think we should say that both sender *and* >receiver should read, reread, and give the other the benefit >of the doubt (or ask for further clarification). I apologize >if any of my posts or rebuttals have been interpreted as >hostile or offensive. None were intended that way, and, in >fact, I've been reading, rereading, and testing replies on >my wife just to make sure. That some of them still appear to >have given offense simply makes the above point. I also >apologize if I have misinterpreted the posts of others. In >several cases, I have asked for clarification before >replying. > >But, I must also say this: In my experience, many people >have difficulty separating disagreement from disapproval. If >I take a position opposing what another believes, that alone >may be interpreted by the other as an attack on him or her >personally. It would behoove all of us, I think, to refrain >from making these issues personal. > >Charles Munat >Puerto Vallarta, Mexico > >
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