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| wildhorse wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | No, that would be a composite of indicators. |
Everybody else realised that your posting made no sense. Maybe you should see Oblabla's doctors. |
You may have missed some recent events, but we're all working toward a kinder, gentler OTW. Please stop with insults & personal attacks. Thanks.
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I wasn't offended by his post, which was about as intelligent as cosmic background radiation. I'd rather he didn't waste server capacity, though.
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As horrifyingly funny as Kathy Griffin is horrifyingly unfunny.
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | I wasn't offended by his post, which was about as intelligent as cosmic background radiation. I'd rather he didn't waste server capacity, though. |
Not being offended is great, but it unfortunately led to your insulting him in this comment. That's partly what I'm trying to reduce. So, stop! :D
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Did I insult him? I merely criticized what he said (which, one must admit, made no sense at all).
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If referring to a "post" as unintelligent is not a comment about the poster, then what is it a comment on, their keyboard?
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| pjp wrote: | | If referring to a "post" as unintelligent is not a comment about the poster, then what is it a comment on, their keyboard? |
It's a comment about their post. Saying "nonsense" means somebody is not making sense; it doesn't mean they have no sense. Saying, "that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" is not the same thing as saying "you're stupid". Admittedly, there are ways of avoiding such misinterpretation.
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OK. There are less "problematic" means of conveying the idea. The other examples you gave seem much less harsh IMO.
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| pjp wrote: | | OK. There are less "problematic" means of conveying the idea. The other examples you gave seem much less harsh IMO. |
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" is less offensive than "that' post was about as intelligent as cosmic background radiation"?
If you say so. 
I don't mean to disagree with your general intent of making discussion more civil, and I understand how it applies to what I said. I'm just pointing out that there is a difference between a personal attack and criticism of what someone has said. I'll try to exert some self-control and make my criticisms of what someone has said sound a little less like personal attacks.
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It's a fine line. I mainly try to evaluate it from the other person's perspective, and the likelihood of a response in kind.
To me, "the stupidest thing I've read" seems more easily interpreted for the idea, while "cleverly" writing about the intelligence of something may seem like a sideways insult. Tongue-in-cheek or otherwise.
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