On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:38 AM, V G wrote: > >> Not one person gave me a "correct" answer with respect to how to handle = the >> situation. I had to pull various bits and pieces out of all their theori= es >> and experiences as well as from my own and formulate my own "answer" to = my >> "problem". >> > > I am not sure you expressed your problem here, but I can give you a gener= al > answer to everything: Just behave and respect others. If you do that, oth= ers > will respect you too. You need to learn the life not only from your > perspective -- so for example if you have a questionable relation to > someone, and you do make jokes, make sure first that the other one knows > what you are talking about (especially if the subject is not part of the > general knowledge, as you cannot expect others to googling on every singl= e > joke or comment you make). Also make sure he knows your intention (for > example if that was a light hearted joke only to ease your relation to hi= m), > and make sure you know him (aka you have to be sure that the content of y= our > communication is not hurting others in any way ) > > Anyway, you do not need to answer or reply, just start thinking why these > things are more complicated than it seems. > > Tamas > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > Sorry, can't trim, replying from phone. That general answer to everything is not necessarily correct. I also find it too vague. Maybe it has applied to your life, but the assumption can't be made that it applies to everyone's life. I have specific examples but no point going into them. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .