Rudeness

[plinsenmayer]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5828
From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Re: Rudeness
Date: 8/5/00 8:43 am  (ET)

Hi:

<<<What got my goat about Ebony's post was the little "I'm an english
major" remark.>>>

Ebony was in no way taunting you (or anyone) with her simple comment
that she was an English major. I think she was merely pointing out that
being an English major (grad school) & an English teacher explains her
propensity to like analysis of the books.

<<<She, in turn, told me that she is a practicing attorney which doesn't
make sense now that I think about it.>>>

No, that was me (Penny) who told you that. I am, however, a former
English major. <g>

<<<I used to be a college kid and I remember trying to analyze everything
and trying to sound like some genius as I did it. All I really said from
the get go was lighten up and I got attacked with several, several rude
and childish comments and critisisms.>>>

Again, Dogspoon, I disagree. Go back & read the messages, starting with
your very first post. The tone of your post (as Neil pointed out) was
begging for defensive responses. You were very pointed in your remarks
about how we were all reading far too much into a childrens' series. And,
that's fine Dogspoon. You're entitled to your opinion. My responding
post was simply to point you in the direction of the Club FAQs, where
it states very explicitly what the Club is about. JoAnna was not rude to
you. Ebony was certainly not rude to you. I think someone else posted --
oh yes, Neil. Neil was not rude to you. We all just politely told you
that you should feel free to use your delete keys for topics you think
are going "overboard."

I stand by that recommendation.

<<<This is supposed to be a club for adults, not for people that correct
your spelling or grammar>>>

I do owe Dogspoon an apology. I shouldn't have pointed out his spelling
errors in response to his (arguably) rude post to Ebony.

Let's get back to regularly-scheduled programming, Harry Potter
discussions.

Penny