RE: Blind faith and evolution
August 10, 2013 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2013 at 11:24 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(August 10, 2013 at 9:24 pm)bennyboy Wrote: There's something about submitting a post, and then reading it, that makes it easier for me to view it through other posters' eyes, so to speak. I very often find mistakes, or regret certain turns of phrase, and refine a post-- even several times. Usually, I don't mind if someone quotes me, because the original is close enough to the polished version. But I've sometimes submitted flame-y posts out of frustration, and gone back a few minutes later to cover my tracks. It sucks when you get quoted saying something dumb before you can edit it, but that's just how it goes sometimes. In the end, you have to take responsibility for what gets submitted when you hit the "Post Reply" button.
I think a little bit of understanding can go a long way-- personally, if someone changed their post within 2 hours, I'd probably go back and edit out my response, as well. Why spend perhaps hours of your life fighting over something a guy already took back?
I do the same thing. The Author of a book is always harder on himself than an editor ever could be.
(August 10, 2013 at 9:24 pm)bennyboy Wrote: There's something about submitting a post, and then reading it, that makes it easier for me to view it through other posters' eyes, so to speak. I very often find mistakes, or regret certain turns of phrase, and refine a post-- even several times. Usually, I don't mind if someone quotes me, because the original is close enough to the polished version. But I've sometimes submitted flame-y posts out of frustration, and gone back a few minutes later to cover my tracks. It sucks when you get quoted saying something dumb before you can edit it, but that's just how it goes sometimes. In the end, you have to take responsibility for what gets submitted when you hit the "Post Reply" button.
I think a little bit of understanding can go a long way-- personally, if someone changed their post within 2 hours, I'd probably go back and edit out my response, as well. Why spend perhaps hours of your life fighting over something a guy already took back?
I do the same thing. The Author of a book is always harder on himself than an editor ever could be.
