juliaoceania -> RE: should I accept it? (1/1/2008 6:43:49 PM)
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Guilty as charged. What about you? I am not guilty of this sort of hypocrisy because I do not call people names like "immature". I may say that their post is immature, or that I do not agree with them, but name calling is something I do not believe I have done in over 10,000 posts. There is a difference between attacking someone's views or opinions and attacking the person. I try to remember to separate them, although I have been accused of not doing so. I have asked those people to point me to a post where I called someone a name. I am not perfect, I have been flamed and flamed back... but there are certain things I do not do, and labeling someone as "immature" is not one of them. Lately I have had several people unload on me because they did not like my opinions, or even worse, I had the audacity to ask them questions about their posts that seemed snarky... btw, when someone is being really snarky, they hate you to ask for clarification of their points...smiles. These are just words on a page, we do not have the tone of voice or anything else to go on to know what is meant by them. I do take other people's posting histories into account when I read their posts, whether they are intentionally mean spirited, often judgmental, or down right snarky, makes a difference in how I take something someone has written... hence my posts on this thread. Better to ask someone to clarify their points than to take offense... I have been trying to do that lately, only to have people flame me even worse for asking for that clarification[:D] It is only a message board... and sambaslilgirl... if you read this, just want you to know... flaming me in private emails and blocking me from responding is a very childish action. I am not reading your emails anymore, they will just be deleted unread... Happy New Year
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