Posted by Dr. Bob on January 21, 2006, at 23:26:54
In reply to Jets » Dr. Bob, posted by Toph on January 21, 2006, at 18:17:36
> > > I come to Psycho-Babble not to agitate but rather to associate with others like myself.
> >
> > With sharks?
>
> I realize that the shark metaphor was mine, but I think you know I was speaking abstractly about posters who disrupt. Do you really think of me as a shark?Not at all. As thuso said:
> He probably should have said "And with sharks?".
Sorry about that!
> > Maybe some people stay, even though they feel uncomfortable, because they hope for acceptance. They see how accepting in general it is here.
>
> Yes, acceptance, that's important to me. And Babble is indeed a place where acceptance is commonplace.And I think hoping for acceptance can be an authority issue, too...
> > And others know what it's like to be rejected. To be treated like a shark. So they empathize.
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> I'm too far down the food chain to understand this one.Sorry, I just meant that others may feel bad for those who are excluded here because they've been excluded themselves in the past.
> > Maybe some are here to defend. Maybe to them I'm the alpha shark. Maybe they accept feeling uncomfortable because they consider it to be for a good cause.
>
> Babble is a good cause.Of course I agree :-) but what I meant was, some posters may stay even though they feel uncomfortable because they consider defending others against me -- being Jets? -- to be a good cause.
Bob
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