I see a vast gulf between civility and actively trying not to offend. The latter requires the sender to think about each possible recipient and how the most easily offended would react. The former only requires that each recipient assume that the sender wrote their message in good faith. I have not seen anyone argue against civility. On 9/9/09, Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I admire Amber for being willing to give her opinion in the face of > what seems to be overwhelming opposing sentiment. It seems odd that > requests for folks to be civil are so blatantly shot down on this > list. ... > Denise > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.