> >And this is the real question: why was the message sent with forged > >headers, making it appear that Natalie had flamed someone in a public > >forum (i.e., committed an ethical breach)? > [...] > been a forgery. Then you take it for granted that flames on public fora > are unethical. Maybe in the US it is unethical, but in many other The issue to me was not so much that I appeared to be sending public flames as it was (1) the deceitful forgery that was (probably) involved, (2) the lack of context (my note to Melvin without the background of our earlier correspondence seemed weird at best), (3) the inclusion in my reply to Melvin of quotations from his private mail to me -- something I would not have done in a public posting. --Natalie ([log in to unmask])