merry wrote:
<<excuse me, but who are you??? we normally identify ourselves by
name.>>
My name is John, although whether I choose to identify myself by name
or not is my choice. I have posted several messages on this board over
the past couple of months.
<<and if she sent a message to you off-list, why are you sending such a
belligerent and inflammatory sounding one to the list?>>
I chose to post my message on the list because of the tone of her
message and the nature of the issues involved. I felt it was the best
way to handle it. You are free to disagree with me.
Also, in what specific way do you feel my message was 'beligerent and
inflammatory sounding?"
<<do you think i need to read this garbage that has nothing to do with
me, or that any of the other list members does? merry>>
I posted the person's name in the subject. You didn't have to read it,
you chose to. Also, must all posts 'have something to do with you'?
Doris wrote:
<<I neither harassed, threatened nor abused this person. You that know
him better, is he always given to such overstatement? Thinking my
first message didn't make it, I did accidentally send him two messages.
Maybe that's what spooked him. I had sensed a less than polite tone in
his "request" for clarification of something I had said. Then when he
characterized some of his own terminology as imprecise and added that
he thought we would know what he was talking about, I couldn't resist
firing off a message to him to the effect I also had thought I would be
understood. I didn't think such a petty argument belonged on the list
for everyone to see. If he was politely inquiring, I apologize. I
just didn't take it right.>>
Yes, I was politely inquiring. I said something to the effect of "what
do you mean by 'longer breath line'", because that's what I wanted to
know.
You contradict your original claim of not harassing, threatening or
abusing by later stating "I couldn't resist firing off a message to
him..." and characterizing it as an "argument." To me, this
demonstrates that you were aware of the aggressive nature of your
message.
Perhaps you may feel that you were only 'needling' me, and that I
overreacted, but you need to understand that there are those of us who
refuse to tolerate even small amounts of abuse in our lives.
Basta!
-John
one of the New Jersey sopranos
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