Re: GOODBYE etc etc

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Ruthie, you don't need to be paranoid here - it was just a very rude

posting, probably made in a spat of intense irritation. We all have days

like that. Perhaps the problem is everybody's trying too hard not to tread

on toes and ends up treading on more toes? I dunno. Perhaps it's the

weather (there have been some pretty odd/ troll-like postings on a site I

regularly visit lately too) or the end of the summer hols or something, but

I think that a deep breath and just putting the whole thing down to

experience is probably what we all need. I think my first contribution to

the list of rules, in the light of the last few days would be " everyone is

banned from complaining about other posts! " (tee hee). But seriously,

perhaps we're all taking everything too much to heart. Whatever anyone

writes will undoubtedly annoy someone - and we all have different views on

the appropriate use of language (I was given a right rollicking for taking

offence at a posting some while back, whereas other people seem IMO to have

their preferences sensitively observed at all times) and what is or isn't

offensive. If someone complains about someone else's posting, things are

bound to escalate and sides are bound to be taken - that in itself will make

the group a less pleasant place to be. Just a thought (and yes I know I

haven't kept to my own rule here!)

Anneliese

Re: Moderators was GOODBYE

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> > No I can't because there isn't one! See Joyce's post. Rather than

> > having all this constant bickering about who said what to whom and

> > whether they should have said it on or offlist why don't you make

> And please, please note this is not a

> Goodbye

> > in the " I'm leaving unless you all be terribly nice to me " petulant

> > manner that has been demonstrated recently. My life has moved on

> and

> > this last two weeks has proved to me that I really don't need the

> > irritation that Ruthie and Billy have provoked.

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> I honestly thought that the irritations I have caused had been put to

> rest and we have moved on, but it seems not. I have tried to avoid

> talking about my religion, or politics or all of the other things

> people objected to. I am not going to be petulant or ask anyone to

> be nice to me, but I admit to feeling unsure of my welcome on this

> forum after this, and a few more posts like it. If people are STILL

> unsubscribing because of me maybe this isn't the right place for me

> to be.

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> I don't want to leave, but at the same time, it seems that whatever I

> write, I am annoying someone. I didn't consider my behaviour

> adolescent. I tried very hard to rectify anything which had offended

> or irritated. What is still annoying everyone, that people are

> unsubscribing bc of me?

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> Be honest. Am I sticking out like a sore thumb here and would you all

> rather I left? If so I will. And I am not being petulant, only

> honest and expecting the same.

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> Ruthie

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