Posted by Dr. Bob on August 19, 2003, at 20:57:55
In reply to You want people to feel comfortable here Dr. Bob, posted by zenhussy on August 19, 2003, at 18:40:11
> How about the comfort of posters who are barraged by endless requests for clarification of what they mean? Is that not harassment? I do not feel comfortable being asked again and again to re-explain myself to another poster so that they can better respond.
Then just request, in a civil way, that they not direct any further posts to you. For details, see:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20030404/msgs/216665.html
and later posts in that thread.
> The passive aggressiveness of control by keeping stuck to a set way of communicating that requires numerous (endless?) posts of explanations does not promote a comfortable environment.
If you don't care for how someone communicates, you're not required to read their posts, let alone to respond, let alone with numerous explanations.
> So, if you want people to be comfortable here please take ALL your posters into consideration.
That's the hard part, trying to take *everyone* into consideration...
> I certainly felt as if I do not matter when given a PBC over something like this when there is ample room for additional PBCs from the originating thread.
Being asked to be civil doesn't mean you don't matter. It just means I'd like you to be more careful about what you say or how you say it.
Bob
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