Posted by Dr. Bob on March 30, 2008, at 23:50:30
In reply to Re: as things stand now, continued....., posted by twinleaf on March 30, 2008, at 19:05:40
> That doesn't actually seem fair at all to me, and I'd like to request that this block be rescinded for this reason.
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> ClearSkiesI'm sure she appreciates the support, but I think she had enough time.
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> It is really good to support your deputy, but what about the feelings of posters who really needed Dinah to step up to the plate and help them move beyond the anxiety and stresses caused by her original decision to resign as a deputy?
I wasn't able to meet the needs of posters myself, so I can hardly expect the deputies to. It's hard to balance our own needs and the needs of others. I hope we can stay engaged with each other despite that.
> If you go on in this way, you will end up, sooner rather than later, with a few compliant deputies and an adequate number of subservient posters, whose main goal will be to make sure that they do not offend anyone.
In the same way that assertiveness isn't always healthy, compliance isn't always unhealthy. I encourage healthy attempts to be appropriately compliant.
> I originally "joined" PB because of its liveliness, the intelligence of its discourse, the richness of the content, and the sheer fun of all the unexpected things that happened here. Where are those wonderful, ineffable qualities now?
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> twinleafMaybe there isn't room for them here right now. I think they'll return after we work through some issues.
Bob
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