Quote nigglynellie [ Trouble is Grandad you don't join in a conversation, you lecture and dictate. Your way is correct, your ideas and attitudes are correct, anyone else's ideas and attitudes, including voting habits that don't tally with yours are automatically 'dreadful', in every respect. This attitude does rub people up which is something you unfortunately seem unable to understand.]
Thank you nigglynellie for at last someone coming forward with a substantive post on this matter. I would agree that my wording on any subject can be forceful and can sound over confident and in that dictatorial to others. However, prior to the last few days I have always been respectful to others in this forum and that respect has without doubt not been reciprocated by others but would not place all In that comment.
My style of writing comes from my work (industrial safety) where in a workplace not being clear can mean lives at risk or at least heavy damage to plant and equipment. Therefore, in responding to such incidents our reports have to be confident and assertive, be that prior to an incident (example, safety audit) or following an incident (example, investigation).
The above comes through in all I write, and in that I expect confident, substantive and respectful return posts to myself. However, many on this forum, especially in the political section post unsubstantiated allegations with little thought or respect to those they are responding to.
By example to the above, one post in the above section just stated Corbyn, McDonald, Abbott. In that, my thoughts were "what the hell is that supposed to mean". In any thread I am participating in that as a response to me is not acceptable and I will respond in an assertive confident manner.
To me that is how it should be. If anyone is going to discuss serious matters such as how this country should be run, then let us have a responsible sensible discussion not unsubstantiated rubbish.
