[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 7/26/2002 12:11:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Yes, I do believe it is expected that we will answer each > others questions or > directly explain why we are not. Yes, I couched my demand > for answers to > unanswered questions with a provocative term to elicit a > response. They > were serious and fundamental questions that were essential > to the > discussion. If they were not answered out of a simple > debate strategy of > letting them fall aside and be forgotten, the I challenged > that head on. > > Hear, Hear, Greg! I have had this same thing happen to me on this > very same list - in fact, the reply even stated something to the > effect, I didn't bother reading > the rest of your responses/questions to me, because I think the > discussion should now head in this other direction (paraphrasing of > course). > > While I don't think that people should actively attack one another, I > too am more concerned with the lively exchange of honest ideas, than > whether the phrasing is "nice" enough. Communicating in a purely > written format is a challenge, as we don't have all the non-verbal > cues to help us interpret tone and connotation. We could take this > limitation and say that we need to be especially careful about how we > phrase things, or we could just recognize the limitation and get on > with the actual discussion in an open, honest way. I vote for the > latter. > Ann
I'm with you, Ann..... I'm so tired of being PC or being careful what I say, lest someone's feelings be hurt. Be adult, take what is said, learn from it, get over yourself and go ahead on. Life's too short! vickie *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
