I agree with the idea that one can always use the delete button to avoid
reading unnecessary emails. But there is a limit for this too. I am more
and more becoming convinced that too much use of the mouse is more harmful
to my PD arm.
For example, I was away or two days and returned in great spirit with
out any shoulder pain. When I came back and checked my emails from Friday
afternon to Sunday evening, there were a total of 126 emails waiting for
me! Out of these 96 were from Parkinson's listsserve!?! However, only
about 6 of them were something to do with helping a fellow PWP or
informative for me (eg. Murray Charters' emails)! The rest were aboslute
waste of time and turned out to cause more pain to my arms and shoulders.
This amounts roughly to about 300 jerks to my already sore arm, which I can
do without.
I definitely consider that this is a waste of my time. Slowly I have
learned not to read any of the unwanted stuff. But, there must be a limit
to this behaviour. Several times of thought about quitting the list.
It is true that everybody has the right to freedom of expression. But,
I think people should also observe a sense of altruism when they do certain
things, especially when it is affecting numerous people.
Raj
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From: "David Moreland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:18 AM
Subject: options
> I am normally a lurker on this list, an d don't say anything unless i
think
> it necessary. i think it is pretty necessary now. when something that I
> don't like or I don't want to see I have the option to press the "changre
> Channel" button. On this list therevis a "delete" button, on mine it is an
> icon of a little garbage can. and i press it a lot. it seems a little
> childish to become so upset about somone's posts because they don't
> excpress "what I like". remember we have that option of the "delete" buton
> on most computers and we don't have to read what we don't want to read
> Yours and His
>
> David L.Moreland
>
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