***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** As one of the people who also responded both abruptly and harshly, please let me say You Rock!!! :-) No really, what a wonderfully kind post. Thank you. -Paul On 9/20/06, Bill Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > I apologize for carelessly writing the first words that came to mind > ("Rather than asking other people to do your research") when I wrote a > message intended to get people to spend a few minutes with Google rather > than just writing to SOCNET and asking its readers to suggest answers > ("... do it yourself. It's easy. Use Google and search for..."). My lack > of thought resulted in words that readers found offensive, shaming, > belittling, judgmental, and threatening. Since that was not my intent, I > clearly need to be more careful with my choice of words. If I expect > others to think (and look) before they post, I should be expected to do > the same, shouldn't I? > > Bill > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > > -- -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulbhartzog.org http://www.panarchy.com [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------- The Universe is made up of stories, not atoms. --Muriel Rukeyser -------------------------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.