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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5048024" data-attributes="member: 18280">Really?The question -- well, the series of questions, really -- he asked were pretty loaded, though, weren't they?&nbsp; They were potentially derogatory, too.&nbsp; One might almost suggest that the questions posed, as posed, do more to shut down opposing views (Looking for sympathy?&nbsp; Putting on the public face of &quot;I tried it.&quot; for future conversations?&nbsp; Adding another tally to the internet edition non-flame wars?) than the posts he's compaining about.Mind you I've got nothing against him, it just seems... odd.Or perhaps it would be better to give Joe...and the folks he is asking about....the benefit of the doubt?&nbsp;&nbsp; That's all I'm saying.&nbsp; Especially on the InterWeb, with no body language, no tone of voice, no immediacy, and no guarantee that the other person is a professional writer, we would all do better to try to assume the best possible reading, rather than the worst.And I am guilty of assuming the worst, too.&nbsp; Far too often.&nbsp; But I'm trying not to.YMMV.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5048024, member: 18280"] Really? The question -- well, the series of questions, really -- he asked were pretty loaded, though, weren't they? They were potentially derogatory, too. One might almost suggest that the questions posed, as posed, do more to shut down opposing views (Looking for sympathy? Putting on the public face of "I tried it." for future conversations? Adding another tally to the internet edition non-flame wars?) than the posts he's compaining about. Mind you I've got nothing against him, it just seems... odd. Or perhaps it would be better to give Joe...and the folks he is asking about....the benefit of the doubt? That's all I'm saying. Especially on the InterWeb, with no body language, no tone of voice, no immediacy, and no guarantee that the other person is a professional writer, we would all do better to try to assume the best possible reading, rather than the worst. And I am guilty of assuming the worst, too. Far too often. But I'm trying not to. YMMV. RC [/QUOTE]

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