Thread:Ancient Alien Astronaut/@comment-27849239-20160711031619/@comment-32738051-20160711053730

Hi Guys!

(oh wow, I just realized it's all guys on this thread...well, until now)

Pardon me for intruding but at least one thing was said here that I am now directly involved in and the rest I just felt I had to.

TDC: I've been a little bit the voice of reason for you lately so I hope you won't mind another positive and constructive observation tonight. I understand your intent in this post of yours on AAA's wall...you're asking for a self-imposed week of no direct communication between you and AAA and I'm assuming it's also so you both give yourselves time to cool down from the heat of the moment that has been going on for awhile now. Right? In which case, I think it's a reasonable request and good of you to suggest. But the phrasing could be, and has been, translated as rather provocative and inflammatory. I'm sure it was written in the heat of the moment...perhaps it would have been best to step away for a moment, from the Wiki as a whole, then come back a few minutes or so later and write it without looking again at what sparked it. That might have helped you soften the tone. And I'm sure you didn't want to soften the tone because of how you took something that AAA wrote but no situation can ever be diffused by escalation but rather only when one side communicates more calmly and encourages the other side to do the same in return. Your second post had more of the tone your first one should have had, though I think even in that one I wouldn't have included the sentence in which you defended yourself. Not that I'm saying you're weren't justified but remember in my blog how I was saying it is better to apologize than to argue a point, even when you know you're in the right? Well, it's not exactly the same but still an applicable analogy.

AAA: Yeah, TDC's post could have been worded better but I don't really think he meant to be combative...it just seemed that way because it was most likely the heat of the moment. And you can see how I took it in what I said to TDC just now. With all that we write here, there are no facial or body expressions to help us be more certain of exact meaning. Even when we have that in face-to-face conversations, it doesn't always help. Which is one reason why I said in my recent blog that readers of content really need to be at least just as careful as those who write it. And I'm sure you were trying your best not to be heated in your response but the way you wrote, I know I thought it was inflammatory and provocative so I can only imagine how TDC took it, given how high tensions already are.

Both of you have been and are continuing to feed each other's flames. Yet another reason for you both to back off and not communicate directly for awhile. It may have been poorly requested but I think it was good advice from TDC.

And Dean: I think it's exactly because of interchanges like this one that TDC should help with the project you suggested. I hope TDC won't take this the wrong way but I think he could learn a lot from a project like this one, working collaboratively with others to achieve an objective and working on something so many here obviously would like to him to familiarize himself with (not that you aren't already TDC but you know what they say about perception...and sorry I talked about you in the third person there). Just remember to be patient with him because of his communication style. It may be a little rocky but I think this could be a really good project for everyone involved, especially few who work closely together on it.

My two cents worth. I'll shut up now. Besides I'm getting sleepy...it's way past this kitty's bedtime...again. Peace and best wishes guys.

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