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Re: nice review, with one exception
by yman on Sunday 20/Jan/2008, @05:19

cool, eye candy, etc: these words don't have any connection to objectionable subject matters.

I can understand the marketing (or whatever) reason, but I haven't met this expression until now in the realm of KDE, and somehow I didn't feel like anything was lacking.

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Re: nice review, with one exception
by yman on Sunday 20/Jan/2008, @05:28

oh, and I forgot to mention that on the whole, I do hate anything that has to do with being "politically correct".

anyhow, this isn't a threat of "do as I say or else". I'm just telling you how you can make yourselves more hospitable and welcoming towards me. I may stick with KDE in spite of the differences, or I may feel like I can't hang out with you folks any longer, and I wouldn't know how until I'm already out the door.

I do appreciate your attempts to explain things to me. maybe if I understand where you're coming from I'll be able to put up with how you express yourselves. I've already learned how to say "weekend", and be casual about other people consuming alcohol for fun. maybe I'll get used to this too, but then maybe not, who knows?

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Re: nice review, with one exception
by Ed on Wednesday 23/Jan/2008, @01:39

I suggest reading William Isaacs book "Dialogue and the art of thinking together" as it deals with the situation of conflict that occurs in dialogue and suggests ways to get beyond the conflict and towards reflection where you put aside your own opinions with the aim of trying to appreciate where the other party(ies) are 'coming from'.

Harmony is about tolerance and I'm sure we all appreciate being made aware of the challenges we face in communicating to a diverse community such as KDE and how to better address that.

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