15 Feb
2014
15 Feb
'14
4:15 p.m.
Aahz wrote:
Following up your faux pas with a call for civility
after you got
attacked for your mistake does very little to settle ruffled feathers.
(Speaking as someone who does more than my fair share of feather
ruffling -- I have a lot of experience.)
With your experience you probably know that efforts to settle ruffled
feathers are seldom very successful. I'm only asking for civility.
Seriously. I don't even expect an apology.
Ruffling feathers is permissible. Personal attacks are just
counter-productive...unless the real purpose is to stifle the expression of
ideas we disagree with. The attacks can discourage others from discussing
new ideas openly. That's the danger.
Is this a forum where we can freely express our ideas about calling...or
not?
That's the real question.
- Greg McKenzie