Posted by spoc on June 19, 2004, at 19:46:08
In reply to Re: My pcb » spoc, posted by partlycloudy on June 19, 2004, at 18:49:35
> I do not participate in debates. I am not interested in proving a point or portraying my opinion in that process. No very Socratic but neither am I. Some people enjoy that form of communication. it distresses me greatly.
<<<< Oh, I didn't mean that at all! Absolutely no one should think for a minute they should do that if they're not comfortable with it. I'm uneasy myself, even when I decide to. No, I was just referring to your statement that you felt as if the pbc meant you couldn't talk about how you feel, and you didn't like that. I meant that if you compare it to the debate/conflict threads you've previously indicated upset you (i.e., described as "sharp & pointy," "hostile"), you may see that what those are are actually also cases where people are discussing something that bothered them about a general or specific board matter, but they troubled you enough just being there that you even felt you had to stay away for awhile.
So I meant, in both cases people are talking about how they feel about something that bothers them here, but you didn't find it comfortable in the latter case. So instead of feeling bad, you could look at the whole subject of people expressing what they don't like or disagree with here as something you actually don't want, to see or therefore do. Does that make more sense?
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