Posted by Dr. Bob on August 3, 2005, at 5:13:23
In reply to On punctuation and meaning, posted by Minnie-Haha on August 1, 2005, at 20:58:57
> I’d written, “... the 3-complaint [rule], as proposed by Dr. Bob ... would silence me in my ‘mission’ to simply make this kind of habitual, public behavior, whoever does it, unacceptable.”
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> Dr. Bob’s comment was, “That's the thing, people can feel they're the target of someone else's mission.”
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> To put it as clearly as I can, when I used the word “mission” in my blocked post, I meant that I believed that some thought me to be on a mission, and not that I saw my effort as a mission or myself as a zealot.Thanks for explaining. Sorry if I jumped to a conclusion.
But if some could think you to be on a mission, they could also think themselves to be your target...
Bob
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