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<DIV>On 12/30/2013 10:57:37 AM, "hep" <<A href="mailto:dis@gruntle.org">dis@gruntle.org</A>> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hep, not trying to give anyone a pass. Thanks for your observations. </DIV>
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<DIV>My point is, i<SPAN id=d61b911fac9042499fdcc17496f3ac7c>f someone's words offend someone, </SPAN>communication and growth is healthier than <SPAN id=0f4a5234d46b446f925f4200c860fd4c>hostility, and may help avoid the need for a painful, time-consuming judicial process. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>It's within the realm of possibility that the person might not have a malevolent bone in her body, and may even have experienced oppression personally. Maybe she would willingly modify her language when at noisebridge, if someone gave her a kindly heads-up (or if we had an Orientation Process, hint-hint :)</DIV>
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