[UPHPU] GEEK LUNCH! The Pie Pizzeria - 1p - August 10

[Jim Anderson]

Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
>> Really.
>
> Suggested reading: 
> http://uphpu.org/mailing-lists/policies/#offensensitivity
Already have read that. All seemed like common sense to me. I just 
didn't realize that the word I used would fall with such sensitivity. A 
forum that involves a lot of people is always at risk of offense. I 
agree. But I also think that the a common understanding that different 
people have different levels of sensitivity towards things should be a 
consideration in both directions. I should try to not offend but, by the 
same token, another person should also try to not be offended.

For me, language is all about intent. If I intended to offend, then I am 
in the wrong. If I wasn't trying to offend, that should also be 
considered by the person who is about to be offended.

All-in-all, I do want to apologize. As previously stated, I didn't think 
that what I said was, in any way, derogatory or offensive. If I thought 
that it would have offended. I would not have posted those 4 particular 
letters. Please consider myself sorry for the intrusion.

-jim