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Originally Posted by mickthinks
The whole point of this thread is to discuss what happens to communication when feelings of hostility are allowed to distort the message. The only reason why we are discussing scabs is because you chose that as an off-topic way of trying to shut me up. . . . These ploys are all aimed, I believe, at avoiding admitting mistakes and making amends. I think it is a good thing when mistakes are admitted and amends are made, and that is why I believe it is important that none of these false strategies, yours included, pays off.
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ShottleBop: "If you pick at a scab, the new skin underneath can be ripped and the wound will take longer to heal and may leave a scar. So try not to pick at scabs."
mickthinks: "meaningless . . . unconstructive . . . rather silly . . . meaningless shit . . . misleading bullshit" . . ploy . . . false strategies, yours included"
Who's the hostile one here,
mickthinks? I thought my post about picking at scabs was (i) germane to the discussion at hand (your picking up your dispute with
viscousmemories after a month of silence), and (ii) a rather innocuous suggestion that there might be benefits to be realized from not doing so. "Trying to shut you up?" Hardly. I am genuinely surprised that you thought that our exchange, over a month ago, merited any kind of apology from me, much less a refusal to engage in further discourse unless an apology were forthcoming.