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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 04/25/06 21:47
On 4/24/2006, thanatoid posted this:
> Gene E. Bloch <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in
> news:mn.c2d77d64f206176a.1980@nobody.invalid:
>
>> On 4/23/2006, thanatoid posted this:
>>> "MOSFET" <ntanner@whidbey.com> wrote in
>>> news:ZeKdnVzHX75GWtbZnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@wavecable.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ">I guess we're very different... see below...
>>>>> AND PLEASE don't get offended even though I will be a
>>>>> little harsh.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know you so of course I'm not "offended", but I
>>>> am a bit surprised at how rude you are. But of course I
>>>> will not stoop to your level and make personnel attacks.
>>>
>>> Don't assume that just because I am expressing my opinions
>>> I am at a "low level" of whatever, I am quite cultivated
>>> and intelligent, just very straightforward. BION, I talk
>>> EXACTLY the same way in 4-D life. (I tend not to keep jobs
>>> for very long... ;-)
>>
>> I suggest you consider the difference between what you say
>> and how you say it.
>>
>> This, I think, is what MSFET is referring to...
>>
>> It is also a difference that I have been known to struggle
>> with myself...
>>
>> Another (vey important) thought: does someone else's
>> impoliteness give your or me license to be impolite? I have
>> my own opinion there (though I don't always live up to it).
>>
>> BTW, in some circles, some opinions will get you in trouble
>> no matter *how* you say them. There are times and places
>> (yes, I live in 4D as well) where my mouth stays shut - or
>> my keyboard stays idle :-) And I'm not even referring to
>> life in a dictatorship here.
>>
>> Gino
>>
>
> Heh heh...
>
> You are VERY correct, sir, but I have given up on life a long
> time ago, you can look at some of my posts in suicide groups. I
> just don't give a shit anymore. I should have never been born to
> begin with, so why should I "play along"?
I have occasionally wondered about your screen name..
> Also, it is just too complicated. I have said the most innocent
> (REALLY) things and people got offended. Now I usually preface
> half of everything I say with something like "Please don't get
> offended, you know how I talk, but..."
:-) Happens to me all the time too. And I (usually!) try to be careful,
even on Usenet.
> It seems to work most of the time. And if there's trouble I can
> remind them I provided a disclaimer.
That's a step I leave out, most of the time. Although in certain cases
(not on the newsgroups) I have my SO read e-mails before I send them.
Unfortunately, she can be too forgiving of my peccadillos :-)
Gino
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