Posting of Off-Topic Discussions (was Abortion)

[Guest guest]

Hi Attilio and All,

 

I think I am suffering from culture shock...I belong to another

board where people talk off-topic all the time and only a very few

prefer that the posts remain on topic. Therefore since I am new to

this board I did not realize how different this board is. I

completely understand where you are coming from. I hadn't thought

about the fact that many of the members receive the threads in their

email, for one thing. Sorry! Realizing this also makes me think

that I need to be more conservative about how often I am posting

(for instance, I'm thinking a post just to say thanks for the

information may not be worth the traffic jam in everyone's inbox).

 

A bit embarrassed,

 

Laura

 

 

 

 

Chinese Medicine , " Attilio

DAlberto " <attiliodalberto> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> As i started this thread on abortion, let me say a few things. I

> find it strange that people cannot just discuss the medical

aspects

> of these things without their own personal feelings. Our personal

> feelings are pretty much similar the world over, so there's no

real

> need to discuss our points-of-view. We should rather rise above

the

> standard blah blah of discussion and concentrate on the medical

> aspects for the better understanding of our medicine.

>

> Please note that the group's rules stipulate the non-use of

religion

> and politics in discussions. Discussing religion and politics will

> not be tolerated. Cultural issues i believe are still useful to

> understanding medicine in general.

>

> If you want to talk about politics and religion, please discuss it

> off-list.

>

> Attilio

> (list owner)

>

>

> " Ai An Meng " <aianmeng@s...> wrote:

> > Laura wrote:

> >

> > <<<So, if you don't mind, I will try to outline my thoughts in a

> concise

> > manner...(I know some don't like this forum being used to talk

> about

> > other issues, but I don't understand why...they don't have to

> click on

> > these topics do they?):>>>

> >

> >

> > Hi Laura,

> >

> I do think it is important to keep topics on this list relevant to

> TCM, CHM and acupuncture (or specific to the list), as much as

> possible for the reason above. I know it's very easy to go off in

> another direction when a post brings something else to mind.

> Perhaps, when members wish to discuss off-topic material on this

> list, it would be helpful if each of us would begin the subject

line

> with OT, followed by the subject, e.g., " OT: Abortion, " as this

> would make it easier for folks to locate relevant posts, rather

than

> having to read through off-topic discussions (although it still

> won't reduce email volume, it will make it easier to skip off-

topic

> posts). Often, it is very difficult to tell what material is

> included in a post, or whether or not its relevant, without first

> reading it. This is especially true if the topic was originally

> relevant, but then has gone off-topic since (as has happened with

> the 'Abortion' topic, for example). IMHO, topics of a

controvertial

> nature, such as religion and politics (not laws relevant to TCM,

of

> course), would be best left off of the list entirely, for

everyone's

> sake.

[Guest guest]

Hi Laura!

 

Don't get *too* embarrassed, if we ever get so, uh, focused (I was thinking

of saying " anal " ) that we disregard our manners to the point where we

couldn't say " thanks " , that would truly be evil qi.

 

At 01:40 AM 6/1/2004, you wrote:<snip>

 

this also makes me think

>that I need to be more conservative about how often I am posting

>(for instance, I'm thinking a post just to say thanks for the

>information may not be worth the traffic jam in everyone's inbox).

>

>A bit embarrassed,

>

>Laura

 

Regards,

 

Pete