In reply to Stephen Edgar.

> always assume the best of intentions by people, 99.9999% of the time their motivation and intention is for good not evil :)

Totally! "Believe the best, don't assume the worst."

This is something that I try to exercise daily. The challenge is that sometimes, it's just really hard to do that when what you're trying to evaluate is so clearly meant to be taken a certain way.

Don't get me wrong, the written word *is* hard to understand, but then some people make it very clear how they want their tone to be perceived.

The burden of how something is received should not always be placed on the the people who are writing. It should be shared with those who are writing, too.