Email forwards

I'm sure many of you will find this trivial, but it is a "pet peeve" of mine I feel I need to share.

We often receive emails that contain great messages, poems, and warm thoughts. They give a feeling of calm and well being and, indeed, are very encouraging at times.

My issue is with the "guilt trip" often associated with these mailings.
Words like, "if you love Jesus pass this on to ___ people" or "if you're not ashamed of the gospel pass this on to ___ people" or "send this to ___ people including the person you sent it to to see how many friends you have".

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy the content of these mailings and when I get something that arouses my spirit, I pass it on, after I delete the "guilt trip" line. I wouldn't want to subject my friends to forced forwards.

I also have a problem with, what I call, "multiple forwards". That is when an email is forwarded so many times that it takes five minutes of opening each forward before you get to the message. I really don't care how many people have had the opportunity to view the mailing, just cut and paste the content into a new mailing and credit the source if need be. That only takes a few more seconds instead of just clicking the [forward] button.

I just opened an email that was forwarded seven times before it got to me and suggested that I don't love Jesus if I delete it without forwarding it to my entire mailing list.

Way to share the love.

Enough of my trivial rantings.