Statement on Acceptable Posts

[Anita Kilgour]

Hmm.

I have a problem.  I truly do not believe I was being rude to Holly.
Emphatic, yes, but not rude.

Evidently, thanks in part to the fact that I am not a writer, and don't have
a great facility with words, I did give offense.

For that, I'm sorry.  In fact, Holly, since you're upset, I offer to leave.
In case I'm informed I'm grandstanding or something, I'm not.  I only want
to know if Holly would feel the list was better served if I left.  I'd miss
it, but I will also understand.

I tend to be brusque.  I am well aware of that.  Believe it or not, I
actually do read my posts over again before I send them.  I even edit them.
I'm unwilling to shave off my opinion (one of my best friends refers to me
as her own pet conversational juggernaut), but I do try to word it without
deliberate offense.

If I misinterpreted what you said, Holly, my apologies.  What I read from
your earlier posts seemed to me that what I said you thought was true.
Evidently not.  I am *well* aware of how frustrating it is when people think
you've said something you haven't.

The offer stands.  I only want to hear Holly's opinion.  It's her list.  It
was her who felt that misquoted.  Regardless of what I have done else, I've
blundered into a position where I've made someone feel abused by my words.
I'm willing to rectify that.

--
Anita