Posted by Nickengland on August 22, 2005, at 9:05:03
In reply to Dr Bob, posted by Nickengland on August 22, 2005, at 5:49:04
Hello again Doctor,
Upon thinking about it, I think I've managed to come to a conclusion why this board is not for mutual support and education.
My thinking is, maybe you have chosen specifically to reserve one board where the 'supportive' and 'educational' element is not in place, so as to see how people get along without that element. In doing so, again, my thinking is perhaps you have chosen Administration for this as statistically this board is perhaps where the most people are unsupportive due to the nature of subjects that arise here. (Hard to pin-point the chicken and egg theory, of if its unsupportive because it does not foucus on support, or if it would be unsupportive even if it was to focus on it.)
However with that said, the whole site does focus on the civility rules, people being civil to one another which in turn is supportive. So is this like when a drug is used "off-license" (strange example lol) here there is not a focus on support and education, but with people being civil to each other this 'supportive-ness' comes naturally part of being civil. In doing so it then teaches (education) people to get along with one another when discussing delicate subjects.
So in summary, although this board is not approved for support and education, in actual fact it is actually used 'off label' here. In being so, in a certain way you can learn alot from this board whilst also being very supportive to others...
Sorry to have anwsered my question to yourself with an answer LOL would you be able to verify if I'm on the right track with my answer?
Kind regards
Nick
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