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Posted by Arthurgibson on January 15, 2003, at 12:16:41
I don't see why he had to be banned for 32 weeks.
He was banned for writing: " I honestly think you are barking up the wrong tree with your fixation on psychotherapy and pop psychology things."
Dr. Bob interpreted this as "...making someone feel put down."
But Lost Boy also wrote in the same post: "Im not saying this to come down on you, Im truly not......Again, Im not coming down on you I am just suggesting some things based upon reading and observing your posts over the past year."
In other words he was politely taking a different view of things to the previous poster and emphasising his respect for that poster and going out of his way to be courteous and not make her feel "put down."
We are real people out here posting, not the "Stepford wives." If a poster wishes to take a different view to another and does it in a polite manner, as Lost Boy did, I see no reason to penalise him.
Posted by Arthurgibson on January 15, 2003, at 12:21:49
In reply to Lost boy in NYC, posted by Arthurgibson on January 15, 2003, at 12:16:41
On the other hand, if he changed his loggin to get out of being banned, I agree, that was wrong of him. But let's ban him for the right reason, not the wrong.
Posted by oracle on January 15, 2003, at 13:34:06
In reply to Lost boy in NYC, posted by Arthurgibson on January 15, 2003, at 12:16:41
Lost Boy has been banned many times here because
he attacks people and their ideas in a hostile
manner. Check the archives and you can see for yourself the whole picture conserning Lost Boy.
Posted by Larry Hoover on January 19, 2003, at 10:56:42
In reply to Lost boy in NYC, posted by Arthurgibson on January 15, 2003, at 12:16:41
> I don't see why he had to be banned for 32 weeks.
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> He was banned for writing: " I honestly think you are barking up the wrong tree with your fixation on psychotherapy and pop psychology things."
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> Dr. Bob interpreted this as "...making someone feel put down."
>
> But Lost Boy also wrote in the same post: "Im not saying this to come down on you, Im truly not......Again, Im not coming down on you I am just suggesting some things based upon reading and observing your posts over the past year."
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> In other words he was politely taking a different view of things to the previous poster and emphasising his respect for that poster and going out of his way to be courteous and not make her feel "put down."
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> We are real people out here posting, not the "Stepford wives." If a poster wishes to take a different view to another and does it in a polite manner, as Lost Boy did, I see no reason to penalise him.I've "known" Eric (Lostboy) for a few years now, and I have to say that I frequently take exception to his style of communicating. He's much improved, but he still speaks in disempowering terms. When I read....
Lostboy wrote:
"Again, Im not coming down on you I am just suggesting some things based upon reading and observing your posts over the past year. I think you are going about this thing all wrong entirely. Ditch the fascination with things psychology...its just making you worse, thinking about yourself more. You need to think about yourself less, which means less therapy and less psychology stuff. Get on some heavy duty meds and bomb that schizoaffective disorder back to the stone age. "....what I "hear" is that Eric is dismissing the entire therapeutic process *chosen* by another party. Moreover, he suggests that anyone with severe mental illness (I don't even like that phrase, as everyone's symptoms wax and wane) is screwed unless heavily medicated. In essence, he seeks to impose his values and weighting system onto another party. He doesn't speak of his own experience. He tries to shape another's.
Just my $0.02 (Canadian),
Lar
Posted by Mitchell on January 19, 2003, at 12:54:39
In reply to Re: Lost boy in NYC, posted by Larry Hoover on January 19, 2003, at 10:56:42
LB wrote:
"...based upon reading and observing your posts over the past year. I think you are going about this..."
"...think about yourself less..."
I hear the writer saying his beliefs are based on review of another's writing. He discourages exploring within one's self the basis of an idea.
If we find our internal guidance is an unreliable basis for ideas, sometimes it is better to let others think for us. But then, if the others who think in our behalf cannot examine the basis of their ideas, we might not gain much advantage.
Posted by oracle on January 20, 2003, at 18:23:40
In reply to Re: Lost boy in NYC, posted by Mitchell on January 19, 2003, at 12:54:39
> If we find our internal guidance is an unreliable basis for ideas, sometimes it is better to let others think for us. But then, if the others who think in our behalf cannot examine the basis of their ideas, we might not gain much advantage.
If I let others think for me, I am doomed.
This is the end of the thread.
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