Posted by alexandra_k on January 17, 2005, at 21:04:17
In reply to Re: Choice is good, posted by Gabbix2 on January 17, 2005, at 20:10:45
> Okay, I have to admit, being told that I shouldn't have this option for my personal use, that it would be better for me not to have it because I will learn from experiencing what I find intolerable, made me feel infantilized somewhat. I think those choices are for me to make.
To be contrary I find it infantilizing were we to be given the choice not to face situations that we may find 'intolerable'. This is especially true in this case because it is not a strategy that one can use IRL. It is true that this is a virtual community and is different from a RL community in a number of ways in virtue of the technology employed but I guess it depends on whether our interaction here is supposed to help us back in RL or whether this is just a place to escape it for a while...
Ok so it can be described as infantalizing if we are granted this and if we are not granted this.Maybe agree to disagree again :-)
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