Re: [BNW] A Bouncer question

[whytcrow@io.com]

>I hate the internet. Whenever you comment on something you have to word it
>perfectly, or your opinion and the main point of your message, is lost
>because somebody reads what you say in the wrong way.

Well, excuse me, but in a written communication, you need to word 
things as you wish them to be read.  After all, we aren't mind 
readers and I have to take what is written.  I try very hard to not 
read stuff into a post that isn't there, but sometimes there is not 
another way to take it.

>You can see it
>yourself. From the whole of my message you picked up on two words which go
>against your opinion. To me the sentence "It just goes to show how stupidly
>overpowered most comic book characters are compared to the BNW setting"
>means exactly the same as "it just goes to show how stupidly underpowered
>BNW characters are compared to most comic book settings). The phrase
>stupidly is used to emphasise the vast difference between them. The main
>point was an agreement about Spiderman being alpha class (at
>least) by analysing what his abilities might be in the setting.

But "stupidly" doesn't emphasize a difference, it points to that 
difference being wrong, insinuating a lack of intelligence.  That's 
why it struck me wrong.  I don't care how you write up Spiderman or 
whether he's alpha or omega (oh my).  But I guess I've seen a lot of 
people bash BNW b/c it isn't the comic book world they know 
(whichever one that might be).  My assumption was that you were 
slamming BNW for being "stupidly" less powered.

Next time, if no negativity is meant, then not using a negative term 
would be best.  "Greatly" would have been a better substitute.

Jennifer

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