Posted by TexasChic on June 30, 2004, at 13:35:05
In reply to Re: I can relate to taking things personally! » partlycloudy, posted by spoc on June 30, 2004, at 12:07:59
I just wanted to say that I have always found your posts uplifting and encouraging. And you have never, ever, been hostile or made the board feel unsafe to me. In fact, you are one of the people, including partlycloudy and others, that do make me feel safe on this board.
I wasn't involved in any of this, but if I may comment on it despite my ignorance, it seems to me that the problem surrounds how to deal with any poster that may or may not be malicious – without breaking the civilty rules. It sounds like a very precarious situation to me. I can see how it would be difficult, especially since we're usually talking about very serious, sensitive subjects when these types of questionable remarks are made. But I would hope that if a truly malicious person does find their way here, that it never makes anyone decide to leave. That would be giving them more power than they deserve.
I realize some of hurt feelings have to do with the admin thing as well as the actual poster. All I can say is I'm thankful its not something I have to make a decision on, and I hope it won't keep anyone from continuing to post once things settle down again. That would truly be a tragedy.
P.S. I tried really hard not to break the civility rules.
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