Posted by ksvt on December 5, 2000, at 19:48:17
In reply to Re: Booting Bruno, posted by Noa on December 5, 2000, at 16:31:34
>I'm with Noa and Shellie. I thought his remark came totally out of left field and made no sense in the context of the previous posts. I also feel differently here than I did about Hannah and Dasypodidae. I think wide latitude should be given to people in clear emotional distress, but I just didn't see this with Bruno. Absent extenuating circumstances, there are far less provoking ways to express your displeasure that someone hasn't treated your post seriously enough, if that is even in fact what was going on here. I think there is also value in not reacting in visceral ways. just MHO. ksvt
Shellie, you are probably right. My reading of Emmanuela's joke seems to be very different than Bruno's. I didn't see it as hostile to his feelings, but I can see how maybe he might have. Still, there are other ways to respond. Like shar said, this was quite blatant.
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