Sandra Dodd

There was a message asking whether I was calling someone a killjoy. I deleted it from the queue and would have sent the poster a message, but it didn't show up in my e-mail and I didn't take down the e-mail of the post I was returning. Sorry about that.

So I will say here:

I didn't call anyone a killjoy.

IF someone destroys the joy of a child, then (literally) that person has been (in that situation) a killjoy (having killed some joy).

Okay?

Let's talk about the ideas presented whenever possible, and not about the people presenting the ideas.

Joyce wrote this, and I hope everyone will read it, and if it's new to you, read it twice:


The list is about ideas, not about people.
Think of ideas like balls and the list like a ball court. If someone tosses an idea worth discussing into the court it's going to get batted about. At that point what's going on is no longer about the person who tossed the idea in. It's about the idea and how well and cleanly it's being tossed about. (Unless the tosser keeps jumping in and grabbing the idea ball saying "Mine!")


Joyce

It's on this page, which might also be worth reading twice:
http://sandradodd.com/lists/alwayslearning

Sandra





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