I take the approach that if a message sounds offensive, then I'm probably reading it wrong.
Of course, sometimes we humans forget our self imposed rules and make mistakes... <grins> Shawn On Monday 29 November 2004 23:40, Niels Voll wrote: > <div style="tone-of-voice: pretend-serious; body-language: not-serious;" > > Oh Graham, > please don't kill the first really decent flame war I've seen on this list! > </div> > > I realize, there is no HTML allowed on this list, but I hope CSS is ok. > > :) > > ...Niels > > Graham Monk wrote: > >I have noticed lately how easy it is be misunderstood in email. > >Just recently I sent a message that when I read it came across > >as very different from the manner in which I intended it. > > > >The difference was in how I would have spoken it. When > >face to face the tone would have accurately conveyed the > >perhaps slightly puzzled questioning tone but the email > >smacked of "how dumb are you to be doing that!" I was > >quite shocked at how it read. > > > >There are enough problems with trolls and such without > >adding to it. > > > >So, just as a suggestion, ( I do not think I am God or even a > >close approximation ) :) if something gets your back up, reread > >before answering and do the same for your own posts too. > > > >I will try to remember to do this myself. > > > >Graham _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
