Posted by Dr. Bob on April 12, 2005, at 18:25:04
In reply to Re: Please explain your opinion » Dr. Bob, posted by used2b on April 11, 2005, at 18:49:37
> If I were to place my words in Dinah's suggested format, it would be less of an I-statement than what I submitted. The statement would have read, "I see people being pretentious when I see huggies and smileys in Internet posts." I suspect the statement would have earned the same administrative admonishment, regardless its better coherence with the suggested guideline.
Right.
> > If you'd rather not engage, just don't reply?
>
> I didn't say I would rather not engage, but only that I would rather not engage in certain types of communication, specifically the use of keyboard symbols to indicate affection.OK, it's fine (1) to say that or (2) just not to reply to those types of communication.
> Let me ask this another way. Is it an accetable topic of dialogue here for me to represent any version of my actual condition in which I often perceive human affection toward me as pretentious?
The problem there is "pretentious". When someone behaves pretentiously, how does that make you feel?
Bob
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