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So, we agree that anyone has the right to ask anyone else any question they want, and that there are some questions that if asked reveal the questioner to be a moron. We both agree that there is a line that can be crossed that puts the questioner into moron territory, we simply don't agree on where that line should be. In other words, yes you can ask any question you want. It doesn't mean you should.



No one is trying to dictate what people can and cannot say, merely what one should and should not. And since we just agreed that there are questions that one shouldn't ask, then I don't see the problem.

Sure, people can be overly sensitive about a lot of things. That's way down on the list of why asking a woman you don't know about her reproductive plans is not cool (even if you read a blog by her where she discussed the fact that she had, in fact, reproduced before).




But, we just agreed that there are people who put social conventions aside and ask anything and that those people are morons. I'll go further and agree that they are also dickheads.



Her personal life is not our business now or ever. If we are interested she has volunteered some information. Great.
Who made the rule that you must talk about all aspects of your personal life if you talk about any of it? Why wasn't I notified? Besides, we already agreed that there are some moronic questions that should not be asked. Presumably, this is because the answers are still none of our business.



But, she didn't post details about those aspects of her personal life. She posted details about her current family. Nothing about any future family members. If this was all the same category, than surely she should expect to have to field questions about her sex life too. But, we agreed that she shouldn't because that would be moronic.

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I, of course, have not - and do not - agree with anything you're writing on this subject.
But thank you for revealing yourself as practicing the typical desperate, agenda-driven manipulation that 'political correctness' is so well known for.

Now go and continue sucking up to Jill and your other heroes and heroines - hurry, the weekend's almost over...

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Can't we just drop this subject. What does this have to do with a curling forum. Enough already please.

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I'm just glad that there are people like Peteski assisting at these Slams and for correctly pointing out the difference between rude questions and "politically correct".

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I'm not Pete Steski, but thanks anyway.

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I, of course, have not - and do not - agree with anything you're writing on this subject.
But thank you for revealing yourself as practicing the typical desperate, agenda-driven manipulation that 'political correctness' is so well known for.

Now go and continue sucking up to Jill and your other heroes and heroines - hurry, the weekend's almost over...

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Indeed, anyone has the right to ask anyone else any question they want. As I said before - we all have the right to ask questions - whether those questions reveal the person asking to be a genius or a moron. And the other party has a right to respond to the question or not.

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You cannot square these points. I totally agree with the second quote and it is the basis for everything that I said we agree upon. Your argument is lacking. Sorry if you think pointing that out is sucking up.

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Can't we just drop this subject. What does this have to do with a curling forum. Enough already please.

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Anyone who believes that is what you did is either just as manipulative as are you, or is lacking in intellect.

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I notice you haven't told me where I mischaracterized our agreement.

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If you want to be private ........ be private. Dont go crying to the press when you get your shorts in a knot.

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If you want to be private ........ be private. Dont go crying to the press when you get your shorts in a knot.

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Personally, I fail to understand Officer's dislike of the question. After my son was born we were frequently asked when and if we were going to have more kids. We never found the question annoying or rude. However, she is perfectly within the right to have her own opinion on the topic.

But I think its fair to add a caveat here. By taking her opinion to the blogosphere, Officer opens up a huge can of worms.

If she wishes to make her feeling known publicly-again her total right to do so-then she must accept the fact that not every one will agree with her and because she uses social media to voice her opinion she must then be willing to take whatever feedback it generates without complaint.

In short, if you don't want to read a potential backlash, then don't write the blog. You can't have it both ways.

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Personally, I fail to understand Officer's dislike of the question. After my son was born we were frequently asked when and if we were going to have more kids. We never found the question annoying or rude. However, she is perfectly within the right to have her own opinion on the topic.

But I think its fair to add a caveat here. By taking her opinion to the blogosphere, Officer opens up a huge can of worms.

If she wishes to make her feeling known publicly-again her total right to do so-then she must accept the fact that not every one will agree with her and because she uses social media to voice her opinion she must then be willing to take whatever feedback it generates without complaint.

In short, if you don't want to read a potential backlash, then don't write the blog. You can't have it both ways.

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Two weeks later..
Maybe public figures can learn to directly refuse a discussion without creating a huge blog about it ..

ANY question is people's right.. how the public-figure deals with those questions is all part of the game...

By the way.. for someone who thinks having a baby is "personal"..

Jill seems to think its ok to use the following language

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