Posted by Noa on January 30, 2001, at 18:42:58
In reply to Holding my Tongue, posted by Mark H. on January 29, 2001, at 18:20:36
Mark, you wrote:
> I am concerned ...that...this board is going to become a bland mush of mindless non-responses to real problems, and that the only people sure to feel welcome ...will be the few saintly types like Noa and those who imagine that support is limited to saying things like "I'm sorry you hurt" and "You go, girl!" I think that, for many of us, genuine support is much more complex and uncertain than that.
Mark, are you calling me bland, mushy and mindless?I certainly am no saint, either, tho that is beside the point--the point being that
I can't help but feel there is something a bit patronizing about the word "saintly". Especially when so closely associated in your statement with what you are suggesting is the opposite of complex, genuine support (would that be simplistic and phoney?) and with the words "bland mush" and "mindless" .
poster:Noa
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