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Originally Posted by rei

You seem very obsessed with me "over-reacting".

"Very obsessed"? I said it twice. Once as an observation, and once in conclusion. If that makes me obsessed, so be it.

I am simply stating my opinion on the matter.

That's cool. I thought I was doing the same thing.

In my mind, I am not over-reacting, I am simply making observations of events I have witnessed and giving my opinion about how they work in the grand scheme of things.

I was not attacking or obsessing. I was simply making an observation of events I witnessed (your post, which seemed to be complaining about over-reaching moderators) and gave my opinion about them (it seemed to me that you perhaps made a bigger deal of the situation than I would have). I wouldn't be so bold as to surmise how they work in the grand scheme of things.

maybe statements like this show that many people provoke confrontations unwittingly.

Maybe it shows that people get defensive when they are challenged by people that they don't know. I'm not saying that's what happened, it's just a possibility to consider.

It seems that often, confrontations are the results of deceptively "sane" posts that actually take on the tone of accusations towards people.

I honestly don't see a confrontation here. But your point is sometimes true here in cyberspace. You can't read a person's tone from a typed post and if you don't know the person, you are less willing to give him/her the benefit of the doubt.

Think that over.

Right back at ya.

When I coach comes out all excited about a call you just make, do you say "Coach, settle down. You are over-reacting"?

No. I say, "This is my first game, Coach. So relax, it isn't going to get any better."