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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  No, I haven't read this whole thread, I only responded to your reply because I agreed with you and we both had responded to another thread about having a pet bird. I was so afraid to sound judgmental on that thread, but I did want to give my thoughts on the matter. Your reply, just hit a note that I was feeling, I guess my reply wasn't all that clear. I did not think your posts sounded preachy at all, and in fact I thought you were saying, you accepted a wide range of replies "as long as our words remain civil, not mean-spirited or intended to wound." I was trying to explain what types of replies get me to "open my mind." |
Dang, Nancy, I wanted to pout some more but thank you for your kind clarification, but hopefully preaching isn't the new bad word of the day!
I enjoy a good sermon on any subject I enjoy or need to know more about, such as on some of the food or vaccination threads. There's some serious preaching on those, right? But it pounds home in a condensed form a lot of information I need to further research and often do, so thanks for the sermons, one and all. But I'll apologize for any of my preachiness for those who are put off by it, though what it is about asking people to be kinder is being preachy I couldn't figure. Anyway, sorry for offending those who did take my words that way. And for the rest, preach on if you like, it usually prompts me to researching, thinking and energizes me to look into something that someone is so passionate about unless it's mean-spirited in tone.