Originally Posted by Lord Greystoke

Thinking cap on now - here goes...

What I think happens in a forum like this is that comments can very easily get misconstrued. One reason is that without seeing a person's face or hearing the tone in their voice, body language etc... we will often use other clues to come to conclusions about what a person actually means by the words they post. eg previous posting history, style, reputation etc

Having said that, I have observed that one or 2 posters often appear to post without thinking of the context of the thread and the thoughts, feelings, preferences of other posters - just their own particular preferences and style and motives i.e. "it's all about me"

I have nothing against freedom of speech and expressing one's thoughts, ideas etc but what I object to is people who don't mind stomping all over someone else without giving that person a reasonable degree of respect as an individual, no matter what their point of view or preferred focus - whether that be in here or the real world out there.

Somebody once said that the true meaning of a message lies in the message received (rather than the message we meant to deliver).

We might all do well to keep this in mind into the new year (myself included, of course)

Just my thoughts!

Cheers LG