Posted by Lou Pilder on September 20, 2011, at 20:25:58
In reply to Re: Please visit me in chat, lonely :-(, posted by floatingbridge on September 20, 2011, at 11:13:16
> Hi Deneb,
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> I'm not angry with you. I can never get the chat to work, anyways.
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> I hope you're doing o.k. today. I'm late to the thread, and I guess everything has already been said. Seems to me your friends here are not deserting you.
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> Someone said to me, better open rebuke than hidden love. Though the word rebuke feels charged to me, I took the statement to mean that it is more virtuous (or loving) to point out a possible error in judgment to someone than to quietly love them and let them continue erring w/o speaking up.
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> People here want you to be as well and as content as you can be.
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> Kindest regards. I admire your honesty in posting that you felt abandoned to begin with.fb,
You wrote,[...a possible error in judgment...].
I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean here. If you could post answers to the following, then I coould have yhe opportunity to respond accordingly.
A.What is the possible error in judgment?
B. If it is possible to be an error, could it also be possible to not be an error?
C. If it is not certain that there is an error, could what is being pointed out cause emotional distress to the recipiant of the pointing out if there is not an error? If not, why not?
D. Why is it more virtuous to point out an error if it is not known if there is an error or not?
E. Are you aware of what (redacted by respondent)
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:997126
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20110914/msgs/997335.html