[WikiEN-l] Jayjg is not AWOL

[Marc Riddell]

on 8/27/07 9:02 PM, Matthew Brown at morven at gmail.com wrote:

> On 8/27/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Yes. Present to what the person is saying; and not speculate on why they are
>> saying it.
> 
> IMO, sometimes speculating on motives is quite productive.  Although
> it need not be turned into posted words.  For one thing, it may inform
> as to whether responding to what someone's saying may be productive,
> or not.
> 
You're right, Matt. I was speaking of an actual response. But deciding
whether what's been said is worth responding to or not is a good first step.
And, as you say, if your gut tells you they are just trying to flame for its
own sake - will any response just feed that flame. Good point.

Marc