Yom Kippur on the net

“On Yom Kippur, we need to search our hearts and recognize our wrongs (the hardest part!), then…ask…forgiveness:

    For the sin which we have committed
        by responding too often,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by not posting at all when we have something valuable to say;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by responding angrily in haste,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by posting private email in a public forum;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by misinterpreting others' words,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by not expressing ourselves clearly;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by being sarcastic to other list members,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by not being tolerant of their positions;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by not explaining technical terms,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by assuming others know as much as we do;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by posting announcements directly,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by posting subscription commands to the list;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by forwarding messages without introduction
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by cross-posting our own messages to many other lists;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by not using an appropriate subject line,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by having a long .signature file;

    For the sin which we have committed
        by quoting others' posts in their entirety,
    And for the sin which we have committed
        by not providing context to our replies;

    For all of these, Forgiving One,
    Forgive Us, Pardon Us, and Grant Us Atonement."

                         -Mark Frydenberg