Posted by Mair on June 5, 2001, at 21:51:15
In reply to Re: Food for Thought re: Mair, PS, posted by Greg on June 5, 2001, at 9:55:05
>Greg-
First, please don't feel you have to put in so many disclaimers. Do you remember the quote from a member of the US Supreme Court about the definition of pornography (or are you too young to remember)? He said "I know it when I see it." I'm a little the same way about incivility. I don't think it's so much whether you agree as how you disagree, and how personal your disagreement becomes. I try to stay away from alot of the civility discussions because I don't like being around so much animosity. Moreover, I can't imagine taking offense over someone's opinion unless the statement of their opinion carried with it an implication that anyone who doesn't share it is an idiot.
Second, aren't you the one who started ASH? I never made it over there but I frankly assumed that's where the old timers who disappeared went?
Third, alot of what you say has a great deal of merit, although I'm not quite sure when, why or how things changed. Unlike Shellie, I rather miss some of the more personal discussions even if I wasn't a part of them. I think it helped me put some of the more established posters in some context, and probably contributed to a sense of safety. It would be nice to recover that, but unfortunate to make that unavailable to some. I disagree that old timers will spend time on both boards. Time to spend on this board has been a scarce commodity for many people. Since the split of PB, I've barely been back there.
There are no easy answers which is probably why I invited some feedback to begin with. I sometimes think my ability to see multiple sides of every dilemma paralyzes me from ever making a decision about anything. I hope we get some more responses.Mair
PS: I too sometimes have that feeling that it takes too much energy to post, but that feeling waxes and wanes with the intensity of my depression. I might not feel so inhibited posting certain things, if I knew who was going to be receiving it. However,I don't think I fail to post simply because I'm afraid of offending someone else.
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