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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
if you're not expressing something simply because you're worried about how others will respond to it, it's no one's fault but your own. Don't take offense to this - we all do it, and not just on forums - but we'd all do well to recognize that the problem isn't so much with others as it is with ourselves. I self-censor in life all the time in anticipation of what the reaction may be, but that is no one's fault but my own. I do it out of choice. It's a fact of life when dealing with other human beings: a cost-benefit analysis where we must weigh the benefits of expressing our opinion with the cost of dealing with the fact others may disagree.
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SM has hit it right on, if you ask me. I thought this place had actually become *more* civil lately, not less... and anyway, it's still
just an internet forum. Does anyone really need to take anything personally, here? And if so, the PM trick tends to work most things out, whether with the offending person or with a mod who can mediate.
I mean, sure, some posts might ruffle my feathers... but that's kind of what I like about this place. People calling my bullshit and challenging me to answer them in an intelligent, defensible manner. That's what brings me back here... it's not some faux-polite place where everyone is nicey-nicey. People are as real as they come, here. And I like that about TFP.