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Posted by Lou Pilder on July 4, 2002, at 21:27:33
Friends,
There is now an outcry of anger toward me. It appears that there are no supporters here for me. Oh, there was a guy that thanked me 4 months ago for citing "Et Tu, Brute?" for he was a Shakesperian and after that post we never heard from him again. And there was one other guy that thought that some of what I had experianced was "positive" and we never heard from him again. And there was a guy rhat "rapped" and he thanked me for something and we never heard from him again. And there was 3-beers and I defended him and we never heard from him again. And there was Cam W. who I conversed with and we never heard from him again.
Perhaps you are all correct and I should forget telling my experiance here. Maybe I should stick to just being social. For the past 6 months , I have been reading about the suffering that many are going through on this board. Yet today, you could consider yourselves the luckiest people on the face of the earth.
Lou
Posted by Zo on July 4, 2002, at 22:43:24
In reply to In defense of Lou, posted by Lou Pilder on July 4, 2002, at 21:27:33
> Perhaps you are all correct and I should forget telling my experiance here.
Maybe so.
>Maybe I should stick to just being social.
I agree, that does seem to be what people are sugggesting. . .
>For the past 6 months , I have been reading about the suffering that many are going through on this board.
It is a lot, isn't it. Sometimes it's hard to read without feeling the frustration of wanting to help and being unable to.
>Yet today, you could consider yourselves the luckiest people on the face of the earth.
Whoa, Lou. . .What is your intention, with this sentence?
Do you mean to suggest to these suffering people that they are now suffering even more because they didn't listen to you?!
As a writer and editor, I have to say, this sentence, as it now stands, invites that interpretation.
But is that your intention?
I sense it is not. I sense that you really want to help. A genuine and rare quality to find.My thought is, what if you just kept whittling at your sentences until they conveyed your true sentiments? What if you edited out anything that even hinted at negativity, scolding or anything else that might turn a reader off.
Passionate beliefs are a real challenge to edit into reader-friendliness. .. I know!
But this is your responsiblity as a writer. A writer has to work on their sentences until the reader gets your meaning in the way you intend. And this challenge is unending, through everything you write. But I love challenging work. My sense is, so do you.
Zo
p.s. You might try writing posts first to your word processor, which gives one the chance to polish the sentences a bit before sending the post.
Posted by jay on July 6, 2002, at 4:19:49
In reply to Re: In defense of Lou » Lou Pilder, posted by Zo on July 4, 2002, at 22:43:24
> > Perhaps you are all correct and I should forget telling my experiance here.
>
> Maybe so.Telling someone that they can't tell their story?
> >Maybe I should stick to just being social.
>
> I agree, that does seem to be what people are sugggesting. . .Zo,
You have every right to your thoughts on the topic, but I don't think it is fair to tell someone else (and provoke them to act) that they should never detail their beliefs. That is not fair at all.
Jay
Posted by Lou Pilder on July 6, 2002, at 7:38:33
In reply to Re: In defense of Lou » Zo, posted by jay on July 6, 2002, at 4:19:49
Posted by Zo on July 6, 2002, at 21:48:30
In reply to Thank you ,Jay (nm) » jay, posted by Lou Pilder on July 6, 2002, at 7:38:33
Posted by jay on July 7, 2002, at 20:52:55
In reply to That's ALL you two got out of my post?? (nm) » Lou Pilder, posted by Zo on July 6, 2002, at 21:48:30
Zo,No, those two points where what concerned me. I felt they where quite powerful points, and I wanted to give my thoughts on them.
Jay
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