Yes, that's why. I follow the guideline laid down by Miss Manners: good manners means don't offend anyone by accident. On purpose is a whole different story :)
Yeah, piney's story is pretty tough. I can understand someone saying, "I'm sorry, this is too much for me to handle." I can't understand why so many people insist on translating that to, "I can't handle this subject, or your treatment of this subject, therefore you shouldn't write it."
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Date: 18 Mar 2005 12:29 pm (UTC)Yeah, piney's story is pretty tough. I can understand someone saying, "I'm sorry, this is too much for me to handle." I can't understand why so many people insist on translating that to, "I can't handle this subject, or your treatment of this subject, therefore you shouldn't write it."
Sigh.
--bonnie