Posted by Dr. Bob on April 12, 2009, at 19:11:56
In reply to Re: Why?? » Dr. Bob, posted by fayeroe on April 12, 2009, at 17:01:04
> I'm not sure what you expect.
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> You did read this, I take it?
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20090302/msgs/889582.htmlThanks for letting me know, I hadn't. But I'd read his earlier post, and seeing him apologize there made me think it might not take much encouragement for him to apologize here. But of course there's a difference between Deneb and me.
> > In my heart of hearts, I feel posters are here to support each other. And they tend not to like blocks. So I expected posters to jump at an opportunity to try to help Jade and Verne avoid being blocked.
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> Really? Somehow this strikes me as disingenuous. Did you expect people to encourage Jade and Verne to apologise by posting that they should? You don't know what people have said to each other off the boards.I did, but clearly I misjudged. It's because I don't know what's been going on behind the scenes that I said *posting* energy:
> > But relatively little posting energy has gone into that. I guess the alternative are: (1) posters don't support them, (2) posters support them and don't want them to be blocked, but aren't helping them avoid that, or (3) posters support them and do want them to be blocked.
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> There could be other reasons. I have felt that there is something unseemly about this whole conversation.
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> SigismundWould you be willing to say what other reasons? And what you feel is unseemly? Or would that be even more unseemly?
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> I've been here since 2002 ( I think ) and when I came, I like many others thought that I could help change you for the better.
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> I offered up my hostess present and the host didn't want it. I don't believe, now, that the hostess even opened it.
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> Doing something over and over and expecting anything (here) to happen is the definition of crazy in my book.
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> fayeroeYou could do something different. My broken record: instead of trying to change me, try to keep Jade and Verne from being blocked.
Bob
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