[HAM] Communications Breakdown ..

[John Brevik]

AMEN! Thank you, David. I was trying to make that kind of point and  
got sucked into the vortex myself.

J

On Jul 2, 2007, at 2:22 PM, David Damroze wrote:

>   I've been on this list for a short while , about a year I think.
>   And I've noticed that communications here seem to often breakdown  
> into
> flame wars of varying intensities.
>    As a school prerequisite , I have to take a business communications
> class .
>    One of the ideas presented in this class is the relative  
> importance of
>   words , voice tone and nonverbal cues such as body language ,  
> clothing
> etc.
>   The percentages given are :
>
>   The words themselves  7%
> Tone of voice , inflection etc 35%
>   Non - verbal cues          55%
>
>   In email , on-line forums etc. the words themselves are the total
> message ,
>   meaning that up to 93% of the senders intended meaning is lost when
> the send button is hit.
>     My impression is that most of the people on this forum are very
> intelligent , insightful
> people of diverse talents that are also very passionate about a common
> item -
> the Hammond organ.
>    Many also have a somewhat satirical , sharp edged wit.
>   I have no doubt whatsoever , that everyone on here has the best of
> intentions and
> is sincere about wanting to be helpful , offer sound advise etc.
>   So , cut each other a bit of slack and allow for the possibility  
> that
> the offense you
> took may be in your own interpretation of what the other person was
> trying to say and
> not in their intent.
>   Or , maybe breathing Hammond oil fumes over the years has a
> deleterious effect on the
> higher brain functions ;-)
>
>   Play on !!!
>
>   David D.
>
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