Re: Pesky Gender, another rant [was: First posting...

ElissaAnn wrote:
> "Stef" <stef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> In article <srdp241kh889frp5dri0h6lcn01et72pnv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Kai Jones  <snippy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> Nice is pushy.  That nasty neighbor rudely suggesting that your kid's
>>> hair is too long and offering to cut it for you huffs "I was only
>>> trying to be nice!" if you tell them you like your little boy with a
>>> braid down his back.
>> I don't think that it's nice to criticize someone else's appearance
>> unless they asked for an honest opinion.
>>
>> And although this is not about niceness per se, it's about etiquette, I
>> think a "neighbor" relation****p is not one in which it is appropriate
to
>> make an unsolicited offer to cut someone's hair.
> 
> I was thinking that someone who actually IS nice (in the meaning of nice

> that I use) is not likely to huff, "I was only trying to be nice!"  It 
> reminds me a little of people who brag about how humble they are.

And the people who make grand pronouncements about how much they hate 
the drama that always seems to be around them.

Aqua