Posted by Dinah on October 24, 2010, at 21:15:19
In reply to Re: I am sad and appalled, posted by morgan miller on October 24, 2010, at 20:28:23
An awful lot of energy is being poured into these situations, and in my experience, that isn't overly helpful.
Wouldn't it be more conducive to overall board discussions to just be polite?
For example, if someone asks that discussants in your thread read or view something, you can simply request that such suggestions not be made on your thread because it isn't in keeping with your wishes that everyone feel free to respond whether or not they have read anything. Dr. Bob has honored those types of requests in the past. Generalizations can be reported. Things can be handled in such a way that the energy associated with them diminishes rather than increases.
Then the discussion can get immediately back on target without lengthy diversions.
(Perhaps you can tell I've been watching a lot of dog training videos lately? But I think the same concepts apply to human interactions.)
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