Posted by Dinah on May 6, 2009, at 17:04:04
In reply to Re: Subject line change, posted by alexandra_k on May 6, 2009, at 16:44:53
> I give up. There really is no point. I refuse to accept that a community would be better off without my presence in it.
I refuse to accept that too. A community is infinitely better off with your presence in it.
> Know Bob wants my friends to persuade me and all about the harm I've done to others and about how I could change to be less harmful.
I do not believe that Bob wishes us to persuade you of anything of the kind.
> I won't internalize that. I won't accept or attempt to get my friends to internalize the notion that saying 'f*rt' without an asterisk harms others such that the boards are better off without their presence. How would that be... Civil? Or respectful for that matter?
You shouldn't internalize that. Can you imagine me ever trying to persuade you of anything of the sort?
> F*ck off Bob. You don't know what friendship means.
I don't know what Dr. Bob understands about friendship. But I know that you understand a heck of a lot about it.
Still, those aren't the only ways to think about this. Do you in any possible way imagine that your friends, who respect and care about you, would ever consider talking to you about this with what you said above in mind? And, although you may not believe this, and I certainly can't prove it, I don't think Dr. Bob sees you that way either.
poster:Dinah
thread:888433
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20090302/msgs/894506.html