<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Anna,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm glad to see we didn't chase you away. I believe you are basically honest, intelligent and a good-hearted person. </DIV><DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Samantha wrote:</DIV> <DIV>I don't believe attempting to wake you to the problem some of us have</DIV> <DIV>at times with your posts or the way I did it was all that rude. I have</DIV> <DIV>also gone to bat for you more than once.</DIV> <DIV>+</DIV> <DIV>But you were imo being too sloppy in your thinking and</DIV> <DIV>communication to actually get much out of being here. I am happy for <BR>you to be here as long as you make some effort to think through what <BR>you are saying a bit more.<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>>Thank you and I know you have. A little push, might be at times, be </DIV> <DIV>>>very beneficial.</DIV> <DIV>>>I'll try! to do more research next time I post, sometimes quick fingers</DIV> <DIV>>>take over you.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good enough. Thanks. </DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>>But to be honest, I didn't think you where rude, I thougth Emlyn was:)</DIV> <DIV>>>A Troll makes a person feel unwanted, small (opposite of rather large)</DIV> <DIV>>>and dumb. Why would anybody want to make someone feel like that, >>especially without common knowledge about that person?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Ah, I see.</DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><snip..></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>>Anne-Marie Taylor wrote:<BR>><I> If that's not Extropian then what is?<BR></I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Samantha wrote:</DIV> <DIV>Wanting to learn per se and not intending to harm anyone is true of a</DIV> <DIV>lot of people who aren't particularly extropic.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>>You are right, I've just started to learn about extropy and I'll probably</DIV> <DIV>>>make a few mistakes along the way.</DIV> <DIV>>>At the same time, I don't think people need to be criticized in any form.</DIV> <DIV>>>It's just a feeling, it might be wrong?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Well, remember there is a difference between criticizing the ideas a person expresses and how they are expressed as opposed to attacking the person themselves. Mistakes are part of learning and to be expected.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Again, Sorry if I have offended anybody, I have a habit of that.</DIV> <DIV>I am in! no way insulting Emlyn, I really liked his site, he's talented.</DIV> <DIV>I was just making a point that not all extropians have to be the same,</DIV> <DIV>and at the same time, take the time to know someone before you judge them:)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for listening:)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>You're welcome. Thanks for saying.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- samantha</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>