--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > I put this in the category of: "so and so poster should > > > post differently than they do because it is not my > > > preference". > > > > > > Rather than trying to change Barry, I suggest you post the > > > kind of posts you prefer and let like minded posters riff > > > off your creative stuff. > > > > IOW, "Steve should post differently than he does because > > it is not my preference"? Did I get that right? > > That IS pretty funny. > > > > No one is a victim of anyone's POV here. Express your own > > > and show us why your POV should be considered. > > > > > > But the whole "you need to change whatever..." routine is > > > not only lame, it is doomed from the start. > > > > Curtis is obviously making a bid here for Barry's > > Master of Inadvertent Irony title. > > Yeah, I guess there is no way to make this point and not > have this hypocritical angle.
Sure there is. Just omit the scolding and criticism, and then you won't be contradicting yourself when you make the positive suggestion.