Dave,I understand that, and I, too, am honored when some of my posts are asked to be crossposted (or not asked, and crossposted anyway :-). Gee, you mean I wrote something worthy of forwarding??? :-) But *sometimes*, we know the person to whom we are emailing privately and say things in such a way that the person receiving knows, and gives a chuckle. The next person to whom it is forwarded, does NOT know the person and takes offense, believes it to be rude, or inflammatory, or whatever. THAT, to me, is the biggest reason that PRIVATE posts remain private. Sometimes a remark about another person is a bit personal, and again the receiver knows and understands. To have that information spread could hurt. If I post on a list, I expect it to be "free press" :-) Stormy In a message dated 8/23/08 1:08:32 PM, d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > I was teasing, and I believe > Helen knew it... > BUT her response to me went to all the lists-- and that > couldn't have > happened by hitting "Reply All," which is bad enough, > SNIP > People need to pay attention..............if they don't, > eventually, SOMEONE > gets in trouble!!!!!!!!!!111 > Peggy > > .................................... > Years ago a former student of mine was incensed to find that > another teacher had passed out some study material with > diagrams and outlines from one of my classes. So the student > brought it to me so I could take care of the thief. I sent a > note to the thief immediately telling them how honored I was > that they liked what I had to say and adding that they > should continue to pass it on until it changed the world. > > Well, it didn't make it that far, and so now we have to go > through another election, and I will have to try again! > > Sometimes our sense of privacy in owning ideas is funny to > me! But then, I sometimes find the funniest things..., > funny! > Dave > "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================