Guest guest Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Never my goal. If you don't like my posts, that's your call. Please feel free to ignore them. Needn't leave the list because of big bad old me; I'm actually both harmless and very nice. I can but be myself, horrid as some find it. What most don't like is bluntness and truth. They want coddled, safe validations and politically correct adherence to namby-pamby rules of exchange that haven't applied since Dickens died. (1870) But honestly, I know I am strong stuff at times, and don't mean to offend. Making friends and influencing people is Dale Carnegie, two doors down. On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 04:14 PM, wrote: > You're not making any friends here. The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. -Edwin Schlossberg, designer (1945- ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 You mean your truths. (aka your opinions.) The Stewarts <stews9 wrote:Never my goal. If you don't like my posts, that's your call. Please feel free to ignore them. Needn't leave the list because of big bad old me; I'm actually both harmless and very nice. I can but be myself, horrid as some find it. What most don't like is bluntness and truth. They want coddled, safe validations and politically correct adherence to namby-pamby rules of exchange that haven't applied since Dickens died. (1870) But honestly, I know I am strong stuff at times, and don't mean to offend. Making friends and influencing people is Dale Carnegie, two doors down. On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 04:14 PM, wrote: > You're not making any friends here. The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. -Edwin Schlossberg, designer (1945- ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Bluntness and truth needn't always go hand in hand. You can be honest with someone without also being pointed and brusque. So...because people may not want to be insulted and may think that conversations can be had without sophomoric rudeness and a seemingly out-of-nowhere hoity-toity attitude, then that has to mean that they " want coddled, safe validations etc etc... " ? That's one heck of a non sequitur...but you'd only care about that if someone else said it, wouldn't you? The Stewarts <stews9 wrote: .. What most don't like is bluntness and truth. They want coddled, safe validations and politically correct adherence to namby-pamby rules of exchange that haven't applied since Dickens died. (1870) ~~blessed be~~ Alison, the ana-spryte SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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