cont'd ...

Joe,

Sticks and stones?

Words can shatter souls.
Words matter.
Choose wisely.

I'm sorry but did I miss something?
So now the new language is to cater to the weakest amongst us for fear of upsetting them.
I think Foxy just shot herself in the foot again, ouch!
After all that blister and blubber of being "picked on" at school, something suddenly happened and she was magically risen above it all and survived without having to self harm or worse.
So the moral IS, as I have been saying, so you get picked on, you suck it up and move on.
So to any normal healthy person, all this protection and moth-balling will kill even more people.
I liken it to children, when we were kids we played and got hurt and scratched and caught all manner of bugs and ailments, this all helped exercise our immune system so that it strengthened with us as we grew up, and later did us well in protecting us in our fragile years.
This stupid pansy wallflower agenda being pushed is exactly the same.
Protect and shelter people from the truth or the real world, and when they are exposed to it, and there is no way they will avoid it in life, and they will fall and suffer badly in more ways than we can imagine.
NO! stop interfering with the natural order of things, because as has been demonstrated and experienced in the past, it will rise and hurt you much worse than a bit of shtick as a kid.

Hi Joe,

Words do affect most people one way or another.
Loving words, hateful words, crossing the line words,
It'depends on the way we communicate and how we
express things to each other - this will evoke
a variety of reactions some good some not so good.

In another discussion dealing with an inquiry into the
family law system - there have been many examples given
of men resorting to violence because they claim - they
were verbally abused by their wives. And this is from family
members who are supposed to love and care for one another.
This is not easily explained and suggests that the modern
family may sometimes be under greater pressure than it can
easily bear.

We can see from our own inter-actions on this forum - how
words affect people by the reactions. We've recently had
the moderator step in and take a particular stance against
a post that he found the language to be unacceptable. And both
you and I were also disgusted by it. You even Thanked the
Moderator for his stance, as did I.

"Sticks and stones?" Yes, they do matter. As does civility,
and respectful dialogue. It's called decent acceptable behavior.
And something I'm sure that both of us were raised by our
parents to try to adhere to.

See you on another discussion.

cont'd ...

Joe,

There are many articles on the web concerning the power
of words that are worth a read. It's pointed out that
we all know people who fly off the handle without stopping
to think of the consequences of what they are saying.

We're told that someone who just reacts to something someone
said or did and starts attacking the person with cruel
intentions and malice - the damage can be so profound it will
forever sever the relationship.

In business, this could forever impact a career in a
negative way. At work you have to learn how to inter act
with colleagues, staff, business associates, even members
of the public. Speaking before thinking is not a good idea.

We cringe when we see this happening because we know the results
are not going to be good and people are going to get hurt.
Alan Jones took a dive recently because of the words he used.
Later he apologised for what he said but the damage had been
done.

Think how important words and speaking are to business
leaders, to politicians, to diplomats, to world leaders.

Words do matter.

Foxy,

you are not a credible person and one of questionable values.
Your very own language again maligns you, as you lack the character and the courage to state it is me you are referring to.
Before you can malign others, even if by third person, you need to consider your own standards.
Just because YOU don't agree with something or someone, does not make YOU right.
The language I use is MY language, so how dare you raise yourself to a position of overlord, when you yourself are in a position of contempt, by your own actions and beliefs.
You choose to highlight the support of others including a moderator, nice try.
His job is covered by his rules of engagement, which are set out by his company, so he is not one to judge my language, only the language standards expected on this forum.
To that end OLO is guilty of not explaining, in detail, the actual words and language standards, but leaves it up to the commentors to edit their own comments.
So if you don't mind stop blistering on as an authority on every damn topic that comes up and take a break for as long as it takes to come to terms with the "real world".
Not that your interested in the truth, but you will find that even though I read ALL the comments on topics I find relevant and can contribute positively too, I don't unless I know I'm right, or what I have to say is new and adds to the discussion, not like you who, because you lack an intelligent thought of your own and so you persist in "cutting and pasting", or plagiarising.
That's fine, we understand that because you have trouble coming up with anything new or of your own creation, but you have to be reminded that, it is you who are breaking a KNOWN rule of OLO, and not me who has no specific guidelines to follow, by your repetitious entries of exactly the same drivel, over and over again, to the point of ad-nauseam.