Posted by TamaraJ on May 29, 2005, at 22:13:07
In reply to Re: just returned, but gone for another year » TamaraJ, posted by gardenergirl on May 28, 2005, at 22:36:20
> It's true that the word "I" prefaced the rest of the sentence, but the rest of the sentence went on to say something about others' behavior.
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> Perhaps pax could have said "I am troubled by ..." That leaves the reaction to the behavior in pax's self and does not include an overt assessment of the others' behavior.
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-- Oh, I see what you mean. Thanks GG.
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> Opinions are tricky. You might not feel put down, but someone else might. Now if someone posted "I think GG is a geek", I would not feel put down, because I AM a geek. :) But if someone posted that even as their opinion of me, it could be viewed as unflattering.
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-- Yes, name calling is completely inappropriate.
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> Yeah, I don't know the history of this poster, but it sure does seem like others might only get a PBC for the same post.
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-- I think you are probably right. It doesn't make sense to me.Tamara
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