Hi Jezebel,

Of course, you're right. But that's true of nearly everything. It doesn't
work at all under water.

I'm considering how to best say what I want to say...

I guess it depends on what your purpose is, replying to postings in these
groups? I've seen various motivations in the eight years I've done it:
- a compulsion to help
- showing off
- wanting to repay for receiving help
- a simple love of answering questions
- a need to interact with others

No matter what the motivation, something that's very important to me,
personally, is that the information given is as accurate as possible. Even
if the original poster isn't going to listen, someone else may come along
with a similar concern and actually want a useful/factual reply.

Of course, these groups are what the collective makes them. No one can
dictate the content or attitude in the messages. And I'd be one of the
first to howl if anyone tried g But you have so much to offer, that it
always hurts me when I see such a back-handed slap in the face as an
answer.

Word does this already.

Only under some circumstances. Under others, it doesn't.



Cindy Meister