My apology (was THREAD CLOSED: [B-Greek] Mk. 15:24 )
bertdehaan at sympatico.ca
bertdehaan at sympatico.ca
Fri Mar 11 19:06:01 EST 2005
My apology for posting on a closed thread.
Barry Hofstetter gave three possible reasons for this sort of thing.
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"1) Most common, people simply respond without reading all the posts.
2) Occasionally, it takes time for whatever reason for the message to get from
the server to people's inboxes. This is more common on yahoogroups, but can
happen almost anywhere (one time, as a moderator, I had a "kill the thread"
message delayed nearly 12 hours, and a lot of people chimed in before they got
the message). Some folks got it right away, others didn't (I was one of the
others, so there is some objective reality to this theory).
3) Not that anyone would actually do this, but I've heard tell on some lists
that people will actually ignore the moderator's instructions and post anyway,
feigning ignorance, as an opportunity to get in the last word..."
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There is a fourth reason.
I do read all the post before replying but I get the messages in digest form so some messages are sent but I do not receive them till the next day.
I certainly would not have sent my post if I had known that the thread was closed.
I learn a lot from many of the discussions but I do not participate in a lot of them. If I ever post on a closed thread again, please be assured that it is not out of rebellion but out of innocent ignorance.
Bert de Haan.
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