Posted by Deb R on May 17, 2000, at 7:21:46
In reply to Re: Self-Delete Would Strengthen Threads, posted by bob on May 16, 2000, at 21:55:02
> personally, I still would argue for the lack of revising what's been posted. you can always post a follow-up. if you're misunderstood or react rashly more than once (or maybe once is enough), you will learn a better way to communicate. for those of us with occasionally poor social skills in front of Real Live People in synchronous discussion mode (guilty as charged), perhaps it'll help us learn some transferable skills. when we're on the receiving end, maybe it will teach us to respond without anger.
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> cheers,
> bobHi bob and Mark,
Hope its ok to add a bit to this thread. I posted something about my Mum which I regretted 5 minutes later and would have given almost anything to take it back. Later I realised that perhaps I could have asked Dr Bob to delete it for me, as a special favour. The thing is that I learned something from posting what I did. For weeks I cringed when I thought about what I had done, how personal that information was and how much I had no right to divulge it. Today I have no regrets at all, because I have faced several scary memories and I am doing just fine...you bewdy!! Well, I am doing better than ok anyway, and thats pretty darn good hey!
My best wishes to you both...I love reading both your posts and have learned so much.Deb.
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