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Thanks for popping back in with your clarifications. I didn't really think that you and I were actually that far apart on our mutual concerns, but I was puzzled by some of the things that you wrote. Most likely just misunderstood.
I'm coming from a place that says that people who haven't been there- like myself- need to listen to those who have been there, before they speak.
But why do you assume that we are not already listening? I do listen because I want to learn. And if I speak before listening, but then listen to the response, then what I have done is begin a dialog.
My employment of the second person- "you"- was simply a rhetorical device, Pedinska. It was not directed at yourself
That is confusing when the header to your post is addressed to me. I think most people here would have been subject to the same confusion. I will take that into account though for future reference.
