[gemy]

Originally Posted by AZME

I know I'm a newbie but have been a moderator on a very large and active board and poster on many different boards. In my experience the written word is always open to interpretation and so one constantly has to be conscience of perception and interpretation if you want your message to be really 'heard'. The other thing that I've learned is that it doesn't matter if you are right, if you shove something down someone's throat it just doesn't taste so good and just won't be swallowed. And last, because we are 'invisible' to one another we may not 'see' that someone is having an horrendous day and a little kindness may truly go a long way. This is really a terrific and informative place. Dialogue is such a wonderful thing but irresponsible dialogue makes people/posters retreat and that is a loss of their voice and their experience.

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