Posted by: EnigmaOne
on November 01, 2003 01:02 PM
What would probably be the best tack for you--at this point--would be to turn off the computer and ask yourself some probing questions as to why you were offended by Roblimo's remarks. It obviously touched on a raw nerve, and that's something that is--most properly--under your exclusive control.
I really found nothing wrong with the tone of his remarks, and found therein a bit of a humorous context. In certain humorless circles (Christian or otherwise), the Jesix spoof *was* blown out of proportion.
While he *could* have omitted what seems to have gotten under your skin, leaving things like that in give a bit more multidimensionalism to what might otherwise be a monochromatic write-up. His including it is by no means unprofessional, and your insistence that he was somehow wrong in that would tend to undermine your position.
Maybe this is an outgrowth of what the "Dr. Spock Generation" of Americans have been teaching their children for the past two decades--what amounts to "If somebody offends you, it's your duty to shout them down for it." Maybe it isn't, and just amounts to a petulant streak. Maybe someday I'll actually care what the root of it is.
Personally, I'm sick of watching people attempt to make everyone, who has something to say, tip-toe around on PC eggs. The Internet is the last place to insist upon PC language.
Maybe it's time to grow a thicker skin and move on?
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Re:A personal response to Roblimo
Posted by: EnigmaOne on November 01, 2003 01:02 PMI really found nothing wrong with the tone of his remarks, and found therein a bit of a humorous context. In certain humorless circles (Christian or otherwise), the Jesix spoof *was* blown out of proportion.
While he *could* have omitted what seems to have gotten under your skin, leaving things like that in give a bit more multidimensionalism to what might otherwise be a monochromatic write-up. His including it is by no means unprofessional, and your insistence that he was somehow wrong in that would tend to undermine your position.
Maybe this is an outgrowth of what the "Dr. Spock Generation" of Americans have been teaching their children for the past two decades--what amounts to "If somebody offends you, it's your duty to shout them down for it." Maybe it isn't, and just amounts to a petulant streak. Maybe someday I'll actually care what the root of it is.
Personally, I'm sick of watching people attempt to make everyone, who has something to say, tip-toe around on PC eggs. The Internet is the last place to insist upon PC language.
Maybe it's time to grow a thicker skin and move on?
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