I get that, I do. I just am not in the habit of being offensive to people. Except those freaking scammers, lol. I appreciate you guys sticking up for me, but I was wrong and I admit that. I don't think I am wrong, necessarily, for saying that to scammers, but for it to have been sent to the wrong place and the wrong person...yes, that was wrong.
Love,
A Very Tired Bren, once again. The Bren who knows this is soooo off-topic, but I appreciate people being nice about it, seriously. And now I think I am done with this unless I owe someone else an apology, which I will do.
The primary use of language is to communicate. I agree that someone's
ideal of "politically correct" communication should not in any way
define individual choices. Speak as you see fit. If your family,
religion, social group, or society has successfully placed you in their
"box", then limit your own speech to your "box" acceptable
speech.
Others have their limits and/or have had parts of their individuality
cut off in different ways by different forms of oppression and or
coercion as they were being raised.
I found the initial reply quite clear. Saying nothing or saying
something like "Please don't post spam here" doesn't
commutate the same
message so the communication fails. I think that people need to be
disabused of their propensity to assume that others have irrational
beliefs identical to theirs and that other people make the same
unexamined assumptions.
Steve
Ron Hoggan wrote:
> Hi Bren, I think that over-reacting to any non-standard language is
foolish. As a
> former high school teacher I spent most of my career working with students
> who faced a variety of special challenges. One school I worked at had 600+
> students with varying degrees of special needs. A few weeks after a
> neighboring school had a student stabbed and killed in a stairwell, our
> school staff was asked to identify the most pressing behavioral issue in
our
> school. I expected topics like bullying, weapons, fighting, or similar
> topics. However, the staff identified foul language as our most pressing
> problem. Clearly I represented a minority perspective, but I think that
> anyone who reacts so strongly to foul language really should question the
> source of their reaction.
> Best Wishes, Ron
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brenda Young
>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:00 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Happy Holidays/Major apology
>>
>> I am humbled by your reply, Ron, and thank you. I know they are just
>> words, and sometimes they just make you feel better momentarily, lol,
but
>> for the most part I like to conduct myself like a lady, and this
certainly
>> wasn't a shining moment towards that concept!!! I am going to try
a bit
>> harder to remember the adage, "Look twice, then again, then
again, before
>> you hit Send"!!!
>>
>> Love,
>> Bren
>>
>> Hi Bren,
>>
>> Everyone makes mistakes. Don't worry about it. Everyone here has
heard the
>> language before. Such words only have the power that we give to them.
>> After
>> all, they are just words, and their meanings are arbitrary.
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Ron
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