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I figured I would bring this up while we are all (relatively) getting along. Sometimes, these things are easier to hear when you are not in a heated debate.
Just remember, whenever you type anything, that its not only what you say but how you say it. Try to reread what you wrote to see if its offensive, combatitive, just plain nasty…remember, there is a BIG difference between disagreeing with a philosophy, psak halacha etc and attacking the Rabbi, person etc.
We are all (for the most part) guilty of saying nasty things in haste. I am no exception to this. I hope this doesnt come across negatively – I really mean this for the health of the coffee room. I started to stay away a bit because I didnt like some of the comments I was making…it was going away from the respect I try to usually show to people and moving into the offensive category.
I think that when typing words, as opposed to speaking them, it’s hard for people to understand what you mean sometimes. I may say something jokingly and smile when I am face to face with somebody but it may come across as rude in cyber world. Uggg…technology. I think YWN needs emoticons. 🙂
I’m a nightly reader of the cr and very rarely post…I respect you for noticing a problem with the cr postings (a reason why I rarely post) … be it too personal in terms of attacking one another or just too personal, (ie: manicure schedules) and I commend you for taking a positive step to be a part of the solution 🙂
SJ
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Jewess – Took the words right out of my mouth. Totally agree!
Don’t you know the story? a boy learning in israel sent his father a nice letter about his learning etc… and at the end he wrote”papa please send me pants-tate shik mir hoizen” the father comes home in a bad mood and reads the letter and everything just makes him mad and when he comes to the end he screams”is that the way you ask your father for pants?! with such disrespect! as if i have to give him pants?!”a half our later the father calms down and rereads the letter and says “wow such a wonderful boy he’s learning,.. and in the end he ask me so nicely to send him pants with such warmth and respect!” point is it’s a matter of how you look at it,
SJS, I cannot recall a single instance where I thought you wrote something disrespectfully, even while disagreeing with someone.
oomis1105
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SJS, I cannot recall a single instance where I thought you wrote something disrespectfully, even while disagreeing with someone.
Which exactly proves RY’s point.
RY- this boy definitely does not run in my circles. letters? only pants? pahleez- ah bissel hasugis mein kind
mchemtob, what’s wrong with manicure schedules?
myshadow- just came back from my pedicure, yum, how relaxing and delicious (i honestly hope this didn’t just go 747)
anyone familiar with the 747 expression?
areivim, sorry it just went over my head 😉
completely blank. must be you made it up – never heard of it!
way to go beacon
areivim – just tell us it’s like “no soap radio” and we promise we’ll laugh for you :}
never heard it but from beacon’s response I can figure it out, I guess
charlie- i see they taught ‘reading comprehension through context’ in the old days
Squeak i see i scored a point with you for my story, thats a big achievement! and areivim this story was told before you were born!(about 16 years ago lol)
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