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How to disagree
It may seem strange for me to post a topic with this subject, particularly as many people here disagree so often you would think they would be experts at it by now.Firstly, agree to disagree. If someone does not agree with you, that is their right. If they tell you (and/or others) they disagree, that is also their right.
However, and most importantly, when you disagree, you must always target your disagreement at the point with which you disagree, not at the person who said it.
An example of a recent post which doesn't follow the etiquette is:
'Don't give any credence to the prescriptions you get through forums, unless you get it cross checked by some one whom you trust. '
It would be better to say something like 'there are also x other remedies indicated for [...], and for the prescription to be reliable, you should have been asked for more information.'
Also, the recent sarcastic thread 'congratulating' a member is clearly not aimed at promoting harmony on the forum, nor at discussing the merits of different approaches.
If somebody offends you with the manner of their disagreement (or anything else), don't rise to it, but notify me. As was necessary in the past, I will once again be taking a harder line with posters who persistently flout the rules.
Thank you for reading,
Simon
♥ moderator on 2007-08-14
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Dear Simon
I think it should be o.k. to repeat this exact wording that is found at the bottom of every thread, whenever required.
'It is possible that advice given here may be dangerous, and you should make your own checks that it is safe.'
Murthy
I think it should be o.k. to repeat this exact wording that is found at the bottom of every thread, whenever required.
'It is possible that advice given here may be dangerous, and you should make your own checks that it is safe.'
Murthy
♡ gavinimurthy last decade
Hi Murthy,
Firstly, there's a difference between saying it is POSSIBLE that any advice given is dangerous and saying you can't trust anything anyone says.
Secondly, as another poster had already posted a suggestion on the thread in question, the remark you made could be taken as a personal attack, which then provokes a personal counter attack, and the forum spirals into a riot, which is in no one's interest.
Best Wishes,
Simon
Firstly, there's a difference between saying it is POSSIBLE that any advice given is dangerous and saying you can't trust anything anyone says.
Secondly, as another poster had already posted a suggestion on the thread in question, the remark you made could be taken as a personal attack, which then provokes a personal counter attack, and the forum spirals into a riot, which is in no one's interest.
Best Wishes,
Simon
♡ moderator last decade
I request Murthy and others to be liberal. Let everybody suggest to their abilities. We may have difference of opinion but it does not mean that we should start exchanging hot words. I do not believe that people follow us blindly. Some one may be thinking that Murthy intends to dominate this forum. I do not think so.
For the sake of knowledge every physician has the rights to ask for the justification of the remedy suggested through open discussion or via e-mail.
sajjad.
For the sake of knowledge every physician has the rights to ask for the justification of the remedy suggested through open discussion or via e-mail.
sajjad.
sajjadakram635 last decade
Dear Sajjad
You have put it very rightly.
I don't have any egos .I live a fulfilled life , and am happy with it as it is. My needs are very limited.
People must have observed that I don't intervene in every prescription. If you take statistics, it may come around to 20% or less.
I clarified the reasons for such interventions many times.
The repeated periodic efforts by my detractors,to silence me, makes me more determined.
I improved in this one year, in the way I intervene. I will improve further.
Thank you.
Murthy
You have put it very rightly.
I don't have any egos .I live a fulfilled life , and am happy with it as it is. My needs are very limited.
People must have observed that I don't intervene in every prescription. If you take statistics, it may come around to 20% or less.
I clarified the reasons for such interventions many times.
The repeated periodic efforts by my detractors,to silence me, makes me more determined.
I improved in this one year, in the way I intervene. I will improve further.
Thank you.
Murthy
♡ gavinimurthy last decade
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