Judging other people is a fairly common human behavior. We assess and compare ourselves to others all the time. Why is it that when breastfeeders are accused of judging, it is perceived as some sort of evil behavior?
I think you get my point. A regular poster making an unchallenged sweeping generalizations can lead to confusion. Nothing special or extraordinary about it, just an observation is all. I wasn't suggesting you or anyone else had to add multiple disclaimers or completely change the way you word things and I have no opinion on how much you or anyone else should worry about this.
"The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. " - Viktor Frankl.
No matter what decision you make in your life, or your child's life - there will always be someone just waiting to tell you what a stupid idiot you are for doing so...
Well, since I only entered the conversation to discuss the blinky, and I wasn't discussing anything above and beyond the blinky, even if you were, then leaving it there is fine by me.
"It's called mocking and it's not fun for those who are mocked, and it does not lead to respectful debate. So please, let's not go there again. FTR, she already made the blinkie. "
*MY* intent in my comment about such a blinkie was that we apparently need some kind of standard disclaimer in every post that "we" does not refer to us all.
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"It just set me wondering about my other CL obligations - whether by IVillage, or the other posters on the board."
Didn't you read the fine print? ;)
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~~ Didn't you read the fine print? ;) ~~
Nope, I am thinking I might have missed that! ;)
No matter what decision you make in your life, or your child's life - there will always be someone just waiting to tell you what a stupid idiot you are for doing so...
~*~ Catherine, mom to three grown men - Jason, Michael & Joshua and Granma to Christopher & Leia.
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Well, since I only entered the conversation to discuss the blinky, and I wasn't discussing anything above and beyond the blinky, even if you were, then leaving it there is fine by me.
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Sorry.
Cathie
Do you see a difference in the degree of potential for disagreement between "we are here to inform" and "everyone here believes".
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*MY* intent in my comment about such a blinkie was that we apparently need some kind of standard disclaimer in every post that "we" does not refer to us all.
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