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I came across the following informative comic by an relatively unknown artist:
I believe this warrants a discussion of what it means to be ethical and, in particular, the issue of people who do not include your original email in their response.
Please discuss.
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Originally Posted by bstone 
I came across the following informative comic by an relatively unknown artist:
I believe this warrants a discussion of what it means to be ethical and, in particular, the issue of people who do not include your original email in their response.
Please discuss.
good thing I quoted you. does that make me ethical?
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Originally Posted by SSharon
good thing I quoted you. does that make me ethical?
Based only on your post, I'm wondering what this discussion is about.
And, oh yes...I hate bstone.
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Originally Posted by bstone
Originally Posted by SSharon
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Based only on your post, I'm wondering what this discussion is about.
And, oh yes...I hate bstone.
see I was wondering as well. I had to delete most of my original post.
bstone: explain yourself!
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Let's run with this idea!
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I'm in. Let's gather the blue team and hit the trees.
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This is where Mail's threading feature comes in handy.
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Only on MacNN™.
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This is why our quotes need to go 2 deep.
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I actually GOT both the Dilbert joke and the point of this thread. "Go ahead with this" without a reference for what "this" is is semantically without content. Depending on the situation, I would either contact the emailer directly (probably phone them) and ask for another email that explicitly told me what "this" was, or I'd wait a bit for such a clarification to appear on its own and then contact them. Either way, without a clear idea of what exactly I was supposed to do, and to cover my rather sizable butt, I wouldn't do ANYTHING until I had explicit instructions. I have actually had to explain this sort of thing to people with graduate degrees: "If I don't have something detailed to show that I'm instructed to do a particular thing, then how can I justify using the resources and time to do it?" "Hmmm. I guess I see your point." (Obviously NOT really seeing the point, but humoring me with another, more specific email works just as well as seeing the point as far as covering my butt goes.)
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I actually GOT both the Dilbert joke and the point of this thread. "Go ahead with this" without a reference for what "this" is is semantically without content. Depending on the situation, I would either contact the emailer directly (probably phone them) and ask for another email that explicitly told me what "this" was, or I'd wait a bit for such a clarification to appear on its own and then contact them. Either way, without a clear idea of what exactly I was supposed to do, and to cover my rather sizable butt, I wouldn't do ANYTHING until I had explicit instructions. I have actually had to explain this sort of thing to people with graduate degrees: "If I don't have something detailed to show that I'm instructed to do a particular thing, then how can I justify using the resources and time to do it?" "Hmmm. I guess I see your point." (Obviously NOT really seeing the point, but humoring me with another, more specific email works just as well as seeing the point as far as covering my butt goes.)
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Originally Posted by Laminar
A serious answer
Yeah, and worse, I'm thinking Dakar will not show. 
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I thought it was incredible.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
*cue senseless beating*
... during a discussion about ethics.
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Originally Posted by bstone
think of the kittens
Good God, where did that come from. We are having a serious discussion here. Geez.
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Originally Posted by bstone
think of the kittens
do they come barbecue style?
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Originally Posted by SSharon
do they come barbecue style?
You're confusing them with buffalo. Or something.
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"Yields a falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields a falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
do they come barbecue style?
yummmmy!
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Hahhaahh besson posted a pic with a cat with no caption!! And that is funny because it makes it look like he doesn't get it, while mocking those that do post said pics!!
How clever!1
AHAHAHAHH
MORE OF THIS PLEASE BESSON. 
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