Originally Posted by
lphilpot
Maybe (and I'm just guessing here, since I don't know others' minds) there's a fondness for that very fact and a desire to keep it even lower on the 'heated' scale? Maybe, maybe not. ??
And just to clarify my remarks, since I all-too-often have a propensity it seems for being misunderstood (not specifically here but in general), my comments weren't pointed at you. They were just a reflection of my desired for us to be able to agreeably disagree and move forward. Online communication is somewhat impersonal even at best, since there's no way to read mood, expression, body language, etc., so I guess it's inevitable that the train occasionally runs afoul of the tracks, as it were.
Couldn't agree more. And I didn't take it personally. In fact, I think the tendency to take things personally is at the heart of the perceived problem.