WeeWillie
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- Location
- UK
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- Dictators who positively go out of their way to force misery, tears and fears, upon their countryman's lives.
Politicians who, in dealing with dictators, have a wishbone where a backbone should be.
Hope this fits in here.
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
How true indeed.
However the pen has, apart from slicing someone in half with harsh words, the ability
of causing the written word to be read in an "out of context manner", as you know,
I discovered to my cost many years ago just how true that fact can be to some volatile people.
I had reason to communicate with a fiery individual who ultimately took my words completely
out of context.
I had to to contact this particular individual again and was not looking forward to the response.
So I came up with the following couple of sentences.
By all accounts they were taken note of, so I continue to include those words whenever I've to
contact someone I know to be of a similar nature.
It's printed underneath a line at the bottom of the page with a font size slightly larger than the
small print in many documents we all have to read at times.
___________________________________________________________________________________
"The reader of the written word can, at times, be unable to determine the attitude
behind the writer of the written word.
On those occasions, adoptive positivity very often calms the undecided mind."
.....................................................................................................................
It normally works but, should it not sink in and they go off on one, I can always say.....
"did you not read the small print".
I've had no cause to ask that question yet, so hopefully it does indeed sink in and not merely
overlooked as some people tend to overlook "the small print".
Yes indeed, "The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword"
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
How true indeed.
However the pen has, apart from slicing someone in half with harsh words, the ability
of causing the written word to be read in an "out of context manner", as you know,
I discovered to my cost many years ago just how true that fact can be to some volatile people.
I had reason to communicate with a fiery individual who ultimately took my words completely
out of context.
I had to to contact this particular individual again and was not looking forward to the response.
So I came up with the following couple of sentences.
By all accounts they were taken note of, so I continue to include those words whenever I've to
contact someone I know to be of a similar nature.
It's printed underneath a line at the bottom of the page with a font size slightly larger than the
small print in many documents we all have to read at times.
___________________________________________________________________________________
"The reader of the written word can, at times, be unable to determine the attitude
behind the writer of the written word.
On those occasions, adoptive positivity very often calms the undecided mind."
.....................................................................................................................
It normally works but, should it not sink in and they go off on one, I can always say.....
"did you not read the small print".
I've had no cause to ask that question yet, so hopefully it does indeed sink in and not merely
overlooked as some people tend to overlook "the small print".
Yes indeed, "The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword"
