Posted by special_k on April 9, 2006, at 22:33:54
In reply to Re: i tried, posted by greywolf on April 9, 2006, at 22:22:04
> I'm really not trying to convince you that you're wrong.
And I'm not trying to convince you that you are wrong either...
> I understand the points that you and some other posters have made, and most of them aren't unreasonable. But I've learned over decades of dealing with the real suffering of BP, and a divorce, and raising 4 kids (one of whom is just 4 months old), and an overwhelming job, that there's just so much energy I can devote to conflict and debate.
Sure. I understand.
> Some things we just have to accept as they are. If we were able to accomplish that, maybe some of the good posters who've been blocked and not returned would have just looked at it as a cost of doing business at dr-bob.org, accepted their block good-naturedly even if it seemed heavy-handed, and returned eager to contribute once again.Yeah. If only I could look at it that way...
Sometimes... Blocks hurt too much for one to be able to do that.
It comes and goes for me. Sometimes I'm over it, othertimes I'm not.
I have tried.
Really.I don't post out of maliciousness.
I don't accuse or attack other people.
I get blocked for apologising / trying to make amends to people I've been requested not to post to...
And for critiquing ideas / ideology / govt. policy because people who like the idea / ideology / govt policy might feel put down...Regarding the latter... I don't know what to say...
I don't.
But I understand how people can get the blocks stacking up... Without going off. I don't know. I just think that a fair few blocks are simply too harsh.
But it wasn't till I got blocked that I saw that..
Before that... I was defending the blocking system... Defending Bob's decisions... Most of them sure I see the sense in...
But IMO the system is too harsh.
And for someone who gets blocked for a lengthy time (and they didn't just go off at someone) the boards feel unsafe because it feels like you could get blocked at ANY MINUTE for something you ahve said... Even if you haven't said anything wrong.
And for people who rely on this place for support (rightly or wrongly)
Being blocked...
I dunno. How would you feel if your therapist said they would'nt see you for 6wks because you critiqued a govt policy.
I don't know.
Sometimes I think the blocks hurt the poster far far more than their post hurt anybody else...
I don't understand :-(
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