Diplomacy

I'm just going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that blog is a form written communication, and that in written communication there is the explicit and the implied. The explicit is simple and obvious and the intention is clear. When I told Randy that his posts sucked that was explicit, my intention was clear. Then there is the implied. The implied is not so simple, while the underlying message can be benevolent, we must remember that the nudge and the wink are a part of oral discourse. And while the facetious cannot be neglected from the written word, the subtlety is sometimes lost in such brief communications. While such miscommunications can be forgotten between friends from time to time, we should remember that some of our members live IN the rat race and read the blog very early in the morning, before the faculties of appreciation have hit full stride. I beg this be considered before rashly hitting the "publish" button on posts and comments. 'Nuff Said?