Posted by Racer on June 12, 2005, at 17:24:43
OK, I'm stewing and it's got a lot of peppers in it, folks!
{deep breath} {deep breath}
OK. That's better.
{sigh}
I got sucked down into one of the bingles on Admin -- it's so easy, isn't it? -- and expressed myself. NOT always a good idea. On the other hand, I think I stand by what I wrote, in all of it. I don't think I wrote anything that wasn't sincerely meant either as an expression of my own feelings, or a genuine attempt to show someone else another way to look at the same information. I know that I never meant anything I wrote to hurt anyone else, that it was all meant to be fair, to be how I would want someone else to address me. You know, all the good intentions that make up the paving stones to a very warm place.
What upsets me, though, is that I am afraid of being blocked for it! It really bothers me, because I do feel safe at this site -- mostly -- and I don't think that I violated the spirit of the rules, nor that I wrote anything that violates the letter of those rules, either. But Dr Bob did PBC me recently, and I'm afraid that he will feel, for fairness sake, that he has to follow it up with a block.
I only read the thread in question in the first place because one of my BabbleBuddies told me about it, because it hurt her feelings. In other words, I'm afraid that I am about to be punished because I wanted both to protect a friend and to express my own feelings.
And why?
OK. I'm done. If I'm blocked, I'm blocked. I'll miss you guys -- although I'll read anyway, so I guess you'll miss me! Think of me lurking, though... Think of me crouched down behind the potted plants, with a green hat on, and maybe a Groucho nose and glasses...
poster:Racer
thread:511630
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/2000/20041213/msgs/511630.html