On 6 Dec 2003 17:00:48 -0800, (Bluestone) wrote:



As a newcomer to boards and newsgroups, (though i have
been building rods and teaching rodbuilding for over 20 yrs), i would
appreciate
all relevant responses to this situation. How far does one go to
censor a fifty cent
savings? One's sponsor would object?


Looks as if you accidentally stepped in something. Wipe it off your
shoe and go on with life. While the Web forum owner could have been
more tactful in his email to you, he's got the right to run his board
his way. You've got the right to use it or not use it.

Without his sponsors (or his own business, if his business is the
board sponsor) he might not be able to have a board forum going. He
may get additional incentives, too. Sounds as if he was quite
straightforward about that. It's all very serious business to the
manufacturers and retailers of products. In this case it also seems
as if there's a serious personal vendetta going on as well, which he
probably wasn't as straightforward about, but was quite angry about.
So instead of a gentle clue or two, you got a bit nearer the 'up aside
the head' response. I've seen lots worse if it's any consolation.
Lots worse.

By the way, it's regarded as very bad manners to directly quote email
on the 'Net. As you've stated that you're new to all this, it'll
probably pass this time as easily with others as it did with me, but
some dreadful flames can result. It's best to find a way to paraphrase
anything you get in private emails. You might want to subscribe to
news.announce.newusers. It'll help you on the 'Net, but the rules of
each forum on the Web that you might drop into can be completely
different. And go to Google and look up 'Nettiquette'. While it's
mostly a translation of good manners in any social setting to
electronic typing, there are a few oddities it helps to be aware of.
--

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Often taunted by trout.
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