Posted by Dr. Bob on February 16, 2008, at 14:54:35
In reply to Sorry, and thanks for the comments » Dr. Bob, posted by Phoenix1 on February 14, 2008, at 17:16:44
> I took a piece of advice from an old thread, I think it might have been from Dinah, something to the effect of "don't write anything that you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation with a person". I think I followed this advice in my post, as I certainly edited it once or twice to tone down my feelings of anger that had infiltrated the original reply I wrote.
Thanks for working on this. Practice (usually) makes (more) perfect.
> I'm finding it a little difficult walking the line between effectively expressing my opinions civilly, and saying nothing meaningful but remaining civil. Does that make sense? If you really concentrate on civility too much, it can make it hard to say anything meaningful at all.
It does make sense, and it can be difficult. And sometimes one may in fact not have anything civil to say, at least not right then.
Bob
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