Posted by Willful on November 17, 2010, at 18:32:56
In reply to Re: FYI, posted by Dinah on November 17, 2010, at 8:44:36
~~~~Phillipa, the actions of those on this thread say a lot about them, and only tangentially anything about you. This thread might have been something that was justified against Hitler. You aren't Hitler. ~~~
I'm at a loss to understand this comment
I don't find anything that was said or done in this thread that is remotely like the type of things that are deserved only by someone as evil as Hitler.
Some few people ( there only seem to be two or three) who have spoken up (hardly enough to constitute ganging up against Phillipa, given especially that she has had her defenders here too) are legitimately upset about some things that Phillipa has done. Whether anything uncivil has been said in this I leave up to Bob. However, it is entirely understandable to be upset about some of the events here that are not denied by Phillipa.
I would certainly feel accused if someone said any comments I directed toward Phillipa were so accusatory as to be deserved only by someone like Hitler. So I guess there may be lots of hurt feelings and accusations flying around here.
Everyone, I hope, has had a chance to express their upset feelings. Perhaps some of that has hurt other people Perhaps it's just time for everyone to step back and wait for Bob to consider all this. Probably Maxime, who's been going through a very hard time lately, wanted some support in the circumstances, which led to her posting rather than dealing with things entirely privately . If that has hurt Phillipa, it likely wasn't the primary intention.
I wouldn't want to hurt Phillipa, but I also sympathize with Maxime and others who feel very disturbed by various events that have, in fact, occurred. So I guess a degree of compassion and mutual understanding is called for on all sides.
I hope people can come back to their better feelings and equanimity. I would hate to see anyone get blocked. And I"m concerned that this may happen unless we made some amends for any hurt that has been inadvertently caused.
Willful
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