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Re:23 Things Not To Write In An E-mail by InclinedPlane on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @06:57PM (#1437320)
Wow, I have to disagree with the very premise here. If you think that it's better to avoid creating "incriminating" emails then go ahead and censor yourself.

If instead you think it's more important to actually try fixing problems, to shine light on poor decisions, to give a voice to reason and sanity, to stand in the way of negligence and malfeasance before it happens, then by all means ignore this article's "advice" as much as possible.

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Re:23 Things Not To Write In An E-mail by JacobAldridge on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @08:39PM (#1437551)
Plus, many of these phrases can be used to avoid incriminating yourself.

"I'm uncomfortable using the very sensitive and highly confidential information in this manner, and therefore refuse to do so." That's probably incriminating for the company, but if they're asking you to break the law or be unethical you need to demonstrate your disagreement lest you be brought down with them.

Plus, that does what InclinedPlane says about actually trying to fix problems in advance.

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