It takes two to offend. The offender and the offendee play the same game...[in effect] "You are responsible for my feelings"..."You are in control of the way I perceive things".
Overheard at the end of a heated arguement. "Don't you think you are wrong??!!" ..an idea so ludicrous, when both sides stopped to consider it, that the arguement ended in laughter. If another persons thoughts are not 'your' problem, there's no perception of attack possible. To insist that another agree with your thoughts is a sure recipe for dissappointment. Ken > >Another part of *why* so many of our remarks can offend others is the >tendency of e-mail to amplify emotional effects well beyond what we >intend. Any critical remark, no matter how benignly intended, is >percieved untempered by a gentle tone of voice, soothing inflection, >sympathetic look, or non-confrontational body language. > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
