Comments on: Not in Polite Company http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/09/04/not-in-polite-company/ Business, Marketing, Social Media Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shoortPasourl http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/09/04/not-in-polite-company/comment-page-1/#comment-12258 shoortPasourl Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:49:03 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=171#comment-12258 He put his eye to the hole. He just managed to spy some people sitting in deckchairs chanting, before a finger came out of nowhere and poked him in the eye. As he staggered back, the people started chanting, "Fourteen, fourteen, fourteen..." He put his eye to the hole. He just managed to spy some people sitting in deckchairs chanting, before a finger came out of nowhere and poked him in the eye. As he staggered back, the people started chanting, “Fourteen, fourteen, fourteen…”

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/09/04/not-in-polite-company/comment-page-1/#comment-9240 Melissa Donovan Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:27:06 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=171#comment-9240 I'm really late to this party but of course, it's only because I've been so caught up in politics. That's why I'm glad you wrote about this issue. I'm following the election quite closely and I am passionately supportive of my candidate. So, it's been hard to refrain from mentioning it in comments, on my blog, in social networking, etc. The whole thing is having an enormous impact on me and causing some confusion too, I might add. Should I become a political columnist? Should I volunteer for the campaign? I'm a writer! How can I NOT write about this? A polite and respectful debate is good for the mind, I think. I don't like when it turns to nasty fighting. In my mixed-party family, there's a lot of healthy and heated debates lately ;) The only reason I don't write about it is because I don't want to alienate clients. I think that's a shame. Melissa Donovans last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WritingForward/~3/382792997/slam-poetry-links-and-resources" rel="nofollow">Slam Poetry Links and Resources</a> I’m really late to this party but of course, it’s only because I’ve been so caught up in politics. That’s why I’m glad you wrote about this issue. I’m following the election quite closely and I am passionately supportive of my candidate. So, it’s been hard to refrain from mentioning it in comments, on my blog, in social networking, etc. The whole thing is having an enormous impact on me and causing some confusion too, I might add. Should I become a political columnist? Should I volunteer for the campaign? I’m a writer! How can I NOT write about this?

A polite and respectful debate is good for the mind, I think. I don’t like when it turns to nasty fighting. In my mixed-party family, there’s a lot of healthy and heated debates lately ;)

The only reason I don’t write about it is because I don’t want to alienate clients. I think that’s a shame.

Melissa Donovans last blog post..Slam Poetry Links and Resources

]]> By: Ulla Hennig http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/09/04/not-in-polite-company/comment-page-1/#comment-9210 Ulla Hennig Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:59:30 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=171#comment-9210 Are things different in Europe? I can only speak about Germany. In Germany we discuss politics, race and religion in public, that means, even with people who are not that close to us. We are told, that - if we should consider traveling to Great Britain - we should not do so. So there seem to be different approaches to political discussion even in Europe. Maybe we in Germany are not putting so much stress on "being nice" to other people, to act in a friendly way. We don't care so much if the other person we don't know much is hurt. On the one hand I very much liked the friendly welcoming atmosphere in the local pub I went to during my stay in England in the 70ies. No sharp discussions, no way to get hurt or hurt other people. But on the other hand - and please forgive me for that -wasn't it a bit boring? I say that knowing that with saying that I might offend some of you - but I don't intend to do it, believe me! Ulla Hennigs last blog post..<a href="http://ullahennig.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/what-i-learned-from-a-good-friend/" rel="nofollow">What I learned from a good friend</a> Are things different in Europe? I can only speak about Germany. In Germany we discuss politics, race and religion in public, that means, even with people who are not that close to us. We are told, that – if we should consider traveling to Great Britain – we should not do so. So there seem to be different approaches to political discussion even in Europe. Maybe we in Germany are not putting so much stress on “being nice” to other people, to act in a friendly way. We don’t care so much if the other person we don’t know much is hurt. On the one hand I very much liked the friendly welcoming atmosphere in the local pub I went to during my stay in England in the 70ies. No sharp discussions, no way to get hurt or hurt other people. But on the other hand – and please forgive me for that -wasn’t it a bit boring? I say that knowing that with saying that I might offend some of you – but I don’t intend to do it, believe me!

Ulla Hennigs last blog post..What I learned from a good friend

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