Author: James Robertson
Date: 10:58:24 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 12:43:56, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 23, 1999 at 06:35:40, allan johnson wrote: > >>On July 22, 1999 at 21:31:04, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>> >>>On July 22, 1999 at 20:20:04, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>Bruce, you are becoming unfair beyond limits. I did no inmolate myself, I just >>>>resigned a position and still am here, posting and answering post as ever. You >>>>ask a private quarrel trought emails, but you performed a feat publically in the >>>>very moment you erased a public post. Not fair either. I recomend you not to >>>>give more reasons as that of the police officer job because you are going to >>>>lose ground. Stay calm and happy now that I am out. >>>>fernando >>> >>>Excuse me, I didn't post a single thing on this issue until you mentioned my >>>name in your suicide mail. >>> >>>bruce >> Bruce,Bruce;Please, "suicide mail"? This is is hardly the term to use >>regardless of how angry you are with Fernando. >>Regards Allan > >It is a general term for mail that is designed to gain the rhetorical upper hand >by threatening to remove one's self from the population. There is usually an >outpouring of "please don't go" posts that contain comments pleading that the >suicide-ee not let that bad guy drive you to do this. And unlike the real >thing, you get to kick back and watch the target try to work their way out from >under a pile of outraged mourners, rather than just imagining it. And you don't >have to respond anymore since you are "dead". > >It is extremely effective. I don't know if you've ever had it done to you, but >it isn't pleasant. I hope that by giving this technique a name, people won't do >it as much. > >bruce It can also backfire. I remember a few months back someone tried it and was treated to a bunch of "Good Riddance" posts. :) James
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