Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
If you think that’s aggressive, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Telling someone to please learn the difference between excusing/defending an action and someone offering advice that says “don’t let it get to you” is not an aggressive statement, nor is it me trying to act like the “forum police” or their “parent”. It’s me telling them to politely learn/see what the difference is.
Ironic that you want to accuse me of policing though when you ignore the rest my post just to make a comment on my word choice or the way I phrase things.

I apologize that I’m not good at sugarcoating, and that my word choice comes off as aggressive.
Imperative sentences are by nature commands from the speaker to the subject. ("Do your homework." "Take the trash out." "Eat your vegetables.") These imply the speaker have some semblance of authority to be issuing a command to the subject. ("I, as your parent, am telling you to do your homework.") There may be no intention of authority, but it implies it all the same.

Just like when I took cpr training, when they train you on the auto defib, the instructions are not to shout out to a crowd of people for someone to call an ambulance... the directions are to very clearly point at someone and say, "Call 911." You assume and assert authority on the situation.

Even if there was no issue with what you meant, I was specifically referring to your choice of words.

Going by the spirit of what you meant - yes, people should be able to easily tell the difference between defending an action and offering advice.



Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
I just want to ask you: do you think everyone that ever has an issue with a duty—be it with Vote Dismissal or something else—should make a thread to vent? Or should they just not post it in the thread dedicated to venting and commiserating where plenty of forum posters can and will still see their post? And sympathize/offer advice?
I'm going to make an edit to your question: do you think everyone that ever has an issue with a duty—be it with Vote Dismissal or something else—should be able to make a thread to vent if they feel the need to.

I absolutely do think that. Would I want to read them? No, but I don't set the forum's guidelines or standards. If people DID do that, than I expect something would be done about it - like making a separate forum for it, if/when the need justifies it.



Quote Originally Posted by WaterShield View Post
... and you are?

Coming across a bit aggressive yourself.

You know - this is absolutely fair. I apologize for my aggressive choice of wording.