Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Which is a good reason to do these clarifications privately with the person
concerned.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net

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On 6/19/2006 at 1:13 PM D Knoll wrote:

>Hi Pat:
>
>My reply was just a reply. It wasn't an attack on you. You've read
>something
>into my words that I did not put there. You made some good and interesting
>comments, and then I made some comments within the same subject area.
>
>> I don't know why you think I ever said anyone 'should' eat
>> anything.
>
>I don't think that. You didn't say that. You were not attacked. Your words
>were not twisted or mutated in any way. My comments were just about things
>I've been thinking about in regards to this subject. I used "should" and
>"supposed to" as  a quick way to end that email, since it was getting
>long-winded, and my hands were starting to hurt.
>
>That's why I hate communicating through email. People skip over entire
>words
>and phrases, extract a meaning that wasn't even there in the first place,
>and then what was once an interesting discussion turns into a time and
>energy-wasting "I said, you said" and then everyone wants to clarify it,
>then 6 more people step up to say what they think the person meant to say,
>and so on to infinity! And now I'm a moron for doing it, too!
>
>Diane
>
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