In a message dated 11/30/2010 11:58:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, birgitte...@yahoo.com writes:
> Your recent postings have definitely been foolish. You seem to be going > out of > the way to misinterpret everyone's words in the worst possible light. Why > should > you assume the phrase donor is meant to be restricted to monetary > donations? Why > must you approach responses that are not full agreement with you as > combat? You > obviously aren't on my ignore list, but frankly I am not sure how > representative > this thread is of your general behavior. I guess I will know in a year or > so. >> > I disagree with your characterization "You seem to be going out of the way to misinterpret everyone's words in the worst possible light." Don't you find a sentence like that a bit extreme? Have I really responded to everyone ? Have I really put every word in the worst light? In U.S. English "donor" in the content of a foundation means monetary. We don't call volunteers who give their *time* donors, we simply call them volunteers. If you are implying that "donor" in terms of a foundation, means anyone who donates anything, I would suggest that is a non-standard definition. Are you presuming that in the case of the original message "donor" meant something else? I would suggest it did not. I do not "approach responses that are not full agreement with [me] as comba t". When a person directly attacks me, I respond. That is a normal attitude in my opinion. I did not directly attack you, and yet you directly attacked me. You mischaracterized my responses as "combat", a provocative word meant to illicit negative responses and attitudes in the readership. Yet you probably perceive this as a "fair" charge. My responses to attacks are defensive responses, hardly fair to term these "combat". Does your above response, seem like a logical course toward your goal? Does it seem likely to lead to an outcome that you would consider fair and just and rational? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
