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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
By Mike McCoy
 Internet users send and receive hundreds of millions of email messages each day.
Whether these emails are cheerful notes to friends or just another boring business update, each one of these messages carries a personal impact. Even this newsletter, which is mailed to 82,000 people, touches you personally.
If you're not sure how personal this can be, then consider the continuing controversy over SPAM. I've found it fascinating to watch how upset some people become when they receive unsolicited emails. Clearly, they feel that this is a crime against God and against man. The only fair punishment is death.
See, it's very personal.
Yet, many of these same people who decry the unwanted intrusion into their lives, will send out the nastiest email messages you'll ever see. Miss Manners would be astounded to read some of the things I've received from people I don't know, who don't know me and have no nexus with me.
When people are in public places, we are constrained by two forces. One is the simple fact of being overheard publicly. We know there are |
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