Gemini, I apologize for my mistake. I should have left "your" out of my
statement. I'm sorry if I offended you.

--
Jan in MN

"Jan" wrote ...
Gemini, being opinionated is not what annoys people but delivering your
opinions in a disdainful manner does.
--
Jan in MN

"Not Likely" wrote ...
I've sat back and read, with some interest, how some of you (some good
friends of mine as well as some who have not always been overly friendly
with me) have complained about how Mary is opinionated. There are a few
of us here who are opinionated (myself included at times, I am the first
to admit it... I'm not out to win a popularity contest), but it is just
taken at face value. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on
things... even when they disagree or just have a slight difference in
some ideas with others who have been here a long time. Eventually, if
left alone, the subject dies out.

Yes, Mary and Mirjam seem to have butted heads a few times over whatever
opinion one had that the other didn't agree with... but after a few
rounds Mary lightened the mood, or tried to, about it all. Personally I
think that would have just let it all fade away without other people
throwing comments into it as well. Mary is certainly not like *some* of
those real nasty people who say hateful things about Mirjam because she
is Jewsih, she is just voicing her own opinion on some things. I have
chatted with Mary in emails away from the newsgroup and find her to be a
very nice and likable person.

There are some people who you either like or dislike, while others almost
everyone likes... or dislikes. I think Mary likely falls into the first
catagory... but then so do some of the rest of us. *shrug*

Just my opinion... off my soapbox now! ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini