----- Original Message ----- > From: "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." <o...@ocosa.com>
> Having "all walks of life" essentially all around, it really makes one > careful to truly think before speaking. Sometimes we miss this with > everything we have going on, but no one is perfect. > > The bottomline is, no one can really sastifisfy any indivdual and > their preference of how they would liked to be addressed. If one is to > be offended or looks for offense they will capitalize on it period. I > try much as possible to avoid those situations. As is embodied in the FidoNet Principle: Be ye not overly annoying... nor *too easily annoyed*. (Emphasis mine). It comes down to "if you accuse people of malice in things they said without any, of course they're going to start a fight with you." Cheers, -- jar -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274