Posted by ClearSkies on October 31, 2005, at 21:09:01
When I was blocked, I decided to self educate so I wouldn't feel like I was having to contrive a dance of words in order to express myself with creating a disturbance.
What I found was "Choosing Civility" By P.M.Fouri, cofounder of the Johns Hopkins Civility Project.To quote from the Forward:
"What is civiity? What does it mean to be civil today, at the beginnings of the twenty-first century? Is civility in decline? How do we make it part of who are are? What are civilities' basic rules? How do we make it part of who we are? How does civility improve the quality of our lives? How do we practice it among friends, in the workplace, and among strangers? Does it have drawbacks? Are supposed to be always civil? How do we deal with the uncivil?"Answering these questions is what the book is all about, It is the book that I refer to when I am uncertain how to phrase a response to a post that has merit but I struggle to find acceptable civil words for the babble population.
This short book of 196 pages has wisdom that I now try to apply to my posts here, I proofread more carefully, and decide which posts to reply to much more carefully. My wits are far from being sharp enough to debate with most people here, I wait a little longer and say less.
The book just struck me a useful tool for all babble user, Newblies and Old-Timers alike, as a resource for writing our thoughts in a civil manner. I think it force us to me more creative and thoughtfull in the words we chose,
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