One of the main reasons I suggested this forum, was to tackle the problems encountered on the Internet. I'm not the greatest writer. Susan is a great help, proof reading documents before they get mailed.
However, when I'm chugging away on the forums, I'll usually reply to a topic or creat a new topic by rapidly typing my thoughts in this little window and after quickly re-reading the post, click on 'submit'.
A day or so later, I'll come back to the thread and re-read my post along with what others may have added and to my dismay, discover that my words were misunderstood. Sometimes, as I re-read my own post, the words can be interpreted a number of ways.
If my post refers to a subject that may have been posted by another person, my words can be interpreted as a 'cheapshot' at the original poster. . . which results in a less subtle reply, which results in a war.
I was hoping that this forum might look at some actual situations where this happened and participants here might focus on the choice of words that caused the problem and rewrite the offending sentences to better reflect what the poster was saying without offending others.
Naturally, there are cases where the person actually is trying to offend others. We might also be able to learn how to determine when this is the case.
In the process, perhaps we might all become better communicators.