</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I have had time to re-evaluate my posting...and I believe that using more *I's* instead of *we's* would have made a huge difference in the value of my posts and not caused others to feel scolded by me. My intent was to get people to "think" about the mixed messages that can be sent. I'm quite unhappy that it has caused such a ruckus because I didn't present it in a better way.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Star,
I have to admit that I was not sure of the intention of your original post and that's why I asked for a clarification of "they". I was perceiving your post as condescending or scolding in nature (as you put it).
As much as I try to be careful not to direct a *general* post or comment at a specific poster or posters, it is bound to happen. I understand that it is MY responsibility to determine whether a posters use of the word "you" refers to many people in general or one specific poster.
It would be an endless task to educate and teach each and every poster as to the proper, politicaly correct or preferred verbiage to use in each post so that the post is least likely to be misinterpreted.
That said, I still misinterpret posts every day. It's black words on a white background with no vocal inflection and no body language of any kind to add clarification.
This board needs a good ruckus now and then. It has been getting far off track IMO. Too much coddling and enabling "support" going around. There was a time that the EN board was considered the laughing stock of MB. I wonder if the tide might be changing. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />
