Posted by Lou Pilder on April 9, 2003, at 13:20:53
In reply to Dear Lou, posted by beardedlady on April 9, 2003, at 11:25:59
beardedlady,
You wrote,[...most of the time, posters have good intentions...{assuming} good intentions...when not sure...would help...].
Sorry, but the intentions of someone can not be assumed {if} their intentions can not be seen, for I do not [pre-judge] people. That is another reason that I feel that asking for clarification is a very good thing to do , particulary on a mental health board, for requesting clarifiction gives the other poster an opportunity to declare their intentions in their reply to my request for clarification. Then, perhaps, the {intentions} of the poster could be seen and then the discussion could be better abled to facilitate support and/or education, for if their intentions were not good, then the discussion could be modified so as to not allow further misunderstandings to occur by {assuming} their intentions, for if you say that {most}here have good intentions, that means that not {all} posters here have good intentions, which means that {some} posters here do not have good intentions. But I want to give them the benifit of the doubt by giving them the opportunity to clarify a statement that has the potential to be defaming and/or accusitive.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
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