Carolyn Moynihan
Carolyn Moynihan is Deputy Editor of MercatorNet. MercatorNet analyses current affairs and international news and believes that ethics is more than opinions, that there is a transcendent dimension to our lives, and that facts are sturdier than ideology. Learn more at http://www.mercatornet.com.
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Netiquette Rules - OK?
- By Carolyn Moynihan
- Published 07/17/2007
- New To The Internet
- Unrated
Has it ever happened to you? Your friend or colleague sent you an amusing email. You quickly composed a clever riposte. You clicked "send". And then you had second thoughts: Oh dear, I forgot that X is a little vulnerable in that area; she might take it up the wrong way; I wish I hadn't sent that message.
It is so easy to forget your manners when you are not dealing with people in the flesh, or even on the phone.
It is so easy to forget your manners when you are not dealing with people in the flesh, or even on the phone.



