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2 Post author: TwistingFingers 23 October 2011 06:12PM

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Comment author: gjm 23 October 2011 07:53:12PM 8 points [-]

I think you are doing it wrong.

My reading of TwistingFingers's words was that s/he did mean "please feel free to be harsh about me", not "I wish to be free to be harsh about others". I don't see what other interpretation is possible, given "on the writing style of this post".

Comment author: ahartell 23 October 2011 09:25:13PM *  3 points [-]

I think your interpretation is correct, and that's how I interpreted it, but I can understand Bobertron's interpretation as well. He thought TwistingFingers was declaring Crocker's rules as a sort of apology for the accusatory "writing style of [the] post", which would as Bobertron suggests be using the declaration in the wrong direction.

I only say this because you wrote:

I don't see what other interpretation is possible, given "on the writing style of this post".

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