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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7123843" data-attributes="member: 12377">No, #2 is disrespectful by definition, because it's dismissive. Recall that #1 is &quot;apologize and try to reach an understanding.&quot; That second part is very important. In your examples above, that's the part people need to follow.I suppose I did leave out an option: 3) totally capitulate without question. In a sense, that's being disrespectful to yourself. Did WotC do that? I hope not; I wasn't privy to the conversations they may have had about this behind closed doors. I suspect, in this case, they did the right thing. It's usually more respectful to honor the request of someone about what to call them. Your example about the term &quot;dwarf&quot; is not wholly hypothetical and highlights the importance of reaching an understanding instead of starting from the assumption that you are right and people who complain are automatically wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7123843, member: 12377"] No, #2 is disrespectful by definition, because it's dismissive. Recall that #1 is "apologize [I]and try to reach an understanding.[/I]" That second part is very important. In your examples above, that's the part people need to follow. I suppose I did leave out an option: 3) totally capitulate without question. In a sense, that's being disrespectful to [I]yourself[/I]. Did WotC do that? I hope not; I wasn't privy to the conversations they may have had about this behind closed doors. I suspect, in this case, they did the right thing. It's usually more respectful to honor the request of someone about what to call them. Your example about the term "dwarf" is not wholly hypothetical and highlights the importance of reaching an understanding instead of starting from the assumption that you are right and people who complain are automatically wrong. [/QUOTE]

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