Posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2006, at 10:11:56
In reply to Re: red alert and use of subject line, posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2006, at 9:29:33
I thought I could speak calmly about this topic, but I have discovered that it is too upsetting. I find myself taking on individual posters, instead of debating the merits. I am truly sorry.
I did not choose to become sensitized. If it was a simple as that, you can be sure I would choose anew. I have no control over what happens. Can you possibly comprehend what it is like to have that as part of your life? No control. Except abstinence.
I can't abstain from reading triggering material after the fact. I need forewarning. I need to avoid it.
I'm asking for Babblers to make it safe for sensitized people, to the extent that we are able to do so, with prudence and forethought. Not with the whip of blocking procedures, but with the charity of consideration.
Babble has been impoverished by the loss of the sensitive, the sensitized, for long enough. They're all over at PsychCentral, where a simple rule makes it safe for them.
Is it civil, to knowingly ignore the provocative nature of your posts? Even when you know what happens because of it? Is it civil to sow emotional land-mines on the Boards of Babble? And, what is your harvest?
I ask you, is it civil? You can't any longer say that you didn't know.
I am on Babble-break until further notice. It may be permanent. I know what I need to do, but I'll let you decide.
Lar
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