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To: tekboy who wrote (4537)	8/2/2000 10:44:57 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 22706

so, is SI Bob banishing you ? if not, do you care ? -ckr@heckwithPCcrap.org PS: PC is good if Mr Market is good.

To: tekboy who wrote (4537)	8/2/2000 11:49:18 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 22706

Not Serious (Seriously) I have learned via PM that some teasing I've done has ended up giving offense where it certainly wasn't intended You weren't supposed to tell them about my PM. --Mike Buckley

To: tekboy who wrote (4537)	8/3/2000 12:08:09 AM
From: Pawhuska49	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 22706

Serious response Isn't this just gravitating toward the lowest common denominator? If someone took offense, I can't help but think they took it out of context. The "context" here being more than just the post, or that day's posts, but the thread in general and how the people interact there and on other threads. The one who would be offended needs to read all that and think about it, and think about the incredible talent that's here and what that talent contributes to this community. The injured party needs to think about all that before he decides he's a victim. Does this person have any idea? It troubles me that we think we have to adjust to the one that's claiming injury. If the response is to turn the conversation into something different, it becomes something less than it was when we shape what we say out of concern for giving offense. Then we are the ones injured. And maybe sometimes you just need to give offense. The marketplace of ideas isn't always pretty and peaceful. It's a little messy at times even. Certainly, some people know each other better than others here. But we shouldn't have to pull out a membership list to know how to talk to someone. Well, this has been another of those waaay too serious posts. Maybe my skin is too thick to evaluate this right. Someone at work recently said that we have strange jobs because, whenever we do them, there's always someone on the other side who is paid to make fun of what you say. But that can be a real learning experience, especially if you're saying something stupid or not well thought out. There's not many things I feel strongly about, but this happens to be one. And maybe I've taken up more room about it than someone of my relative new status should, but I've never felt that anyone judged any of my inanities here on that basis. ok, as tekboy said once endofrant (that's not a French word) Mike