I may have had a post deleted or did I just hit the wrong key?
Been burning it both ends and the middle for a few weeks , out the door in 30 minutes
AS please control that aggression.
After all it is YOU who lecture us on equality and fairness.
I can find nothing wrong in Foxys posts.
And I can not always say the same about yours.
my missing post went more into the debate but just maybe it was my fault.
The forum has always been a place for robust debate.
And sometimes for needless slanging matches.
are you faking it AS?
are you stirring the pot?
Side issue would be good if deleted posts got a notice saying it took place, and italics for emphasis

Foxy:”Actually, examinator is probably right - but then
so is Houellie. I do feel so out of my depth at times -
I tend to see-saw on so many things - nothing for
me is set in concrete - and I'm consistently amazed
at how much I've still got to learn about so many
things. Until I came onto this Forum - I thought
I was pretty cluey - now I'm not so sure - and my
self-esteem and confidence tends to waver (a lot).
All of my life I've been taught - be polite - consider
other people's feelings - do the right thing - well
heck I'm getting to the stage where I simply want to
say -'stuff it - what about me?'”

I do hope you had a nice bath Foxy they’re the best. We’re a bit different, I arrived recently at OLO knowing I know nothing.[smile] I’ve learnt stuff from you and everyone else.

We should be over in the Faking It thread (might reply over there). I know I was taught to be polite… I still teach kids to be polite and how to not say something if it is about to hurt another person’s feelings. But of course there has to be a balance where you also demand people treat you the same way back. Actually I’m going to have a big think about that and if Col is right and it is about tact rather than holding back. Maybe teach them to say things a different way. It’s good to have a never ending supply of subjects for social experiments.

But anyway; yesterday was weird and seemed a little unbalanced so thought I’d just climb on your side of see-saw with you.

Hey Belly (hope it’s okay to gatecrash with a post from another thread), I’m with you – can’t see anything wrong with what Foxy has said. In this thread I think one of her posts has been interpreted wrongly by the reader who obviously reads and judges what people have said without understanding what was written at all.

The Pied Piper
"I’m with you – can’t see anything wrong with what Foxy has said"
My friend usually we understand each other, please try to understand this simple things.
1. I try to be an honest person, I try to be simple, and I do not like to be polite for wrong reasons, I do not like ANYONE to think that I am an hypocrite!
2. Foxy is a leading writer in the forum, a progressive person, a human rights activist. She is a good writer and knows how to promote her ideas. From her posts I found that she is very good in most subjeicts as migrants rights etc but soft and weak on women' rights.
3. My friend it is very easy to be polite, it is very easy to close your eyes but it is not easy to fight against friends, it is not good to turn people against you, BUT MY FRIEND SOME HAS TO TELL THE TRUTH, SOME ONE HAS TO DEFENT THE BASIC RIGHTS, SOME HAVE TO TELL "NO PASARAN", SOME HAS TO DO THE HARD JOB!
4. Foxy is very soft and weak for women's rights NOT only in her posts, in her messeges BUT also in her life. She did not only write "Imagine if I told my boss what I really thought of some of his
ideas - or didn't laugh out loud at my husband's jokes?" but also she wrote "I can't view anything on u-tube -I've got an old crap computer - very basic -and limited. I keep hoping that someone from the family will buy me a new one - sometime soon"
Fractelle had was right when wrote "Foxy a shame you can't access Youtube" Foxy spent plenty time on the internet, and she belong to midle class but she did not learn to kick her hand on the desk, to claim her rights.
Do you expect from me to accept this kind of messeges?
"NO PASARAN!"
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

Dear Belly and Piper,

Thanks for your comments.

Antonios unfortunately often makes assumptions about
people incorrectly. This week I just happen
to be his chosen target.

Had he bothered to read my
posts on your 'wedding vow,' thread (or any of my earlier
posts on other threads) - he would
realize that my husband and I have a solid
relationship. The same goes for my relationships
at work - I actually get on very well with my
boss - and he's extremely fair and easy going.
A lovely man.

'People skills,' are skills that most
employers view as an important component of qualifications
for any position that involves dealing with people in a variety
of situations. These skills include tact and diplomacy.

Perhaps that's
the real reason Antonios doesn't get promoted at work?
People don't trust someone who's not capable of
seeing the difference of when to be brutally honest
and when to be tactful. Tact and diplomacy are necessary
skills in all walks of life - but especially for someone
in a managerial position - where you deal with a variety of
situations and people - including staff.

Anyway, enough said - I don't want all this to de-rail this
thread and become a case of "She said, He said."

Dear Antonios,

Now, I'm getting cross!

You really don't know what you're talking about!

You posted your last post just ahead of me so
I didn't get a chance to read it until now.

I choose not to have a new computer (for now).
It's entirely my choice! I'm saving
for an overseas (world) trip next year.

You're ranting on about my being 'weak,' on
'women's rights.' My rights have never been in
question. I've achieved on my own merit.
Can you say the same?

<<..democracy,>>>demon-mock-craz-y,...de-moc-rats....de-mockery,..

<<..human rights etc.>>.humans are mainly wrong

That's gold OUG!

I normally find you harder to read than pontificator, but gems like that have made me change my mind. You're much more entertaining.

I cant believe I missed Foxy saying I was right about something. I must look up that thread!