Posted by Glydin on June 29, 2006, at 8:35:19
In reply to Re: Aahhhhhhh!!!! Bob!!!! » Glydin, posted by Deneb on June 29, 2006, at 0:10:52
> I don't understand what you mean. What kind of ethical obligations? How am I putting him in a difficult position?
>~~~ I guess when I think of Dr. Bob and this site, I try to consider the fact he has standards and responsibilities to the site but also to his medical license and possibly his personal convictions about level of involvement he should/wants to have with the posters here. I think there are times that could be a difficult tight rope to walk and still remain professional and true to himself. I think it’s pretty clear that his position here is the maintaining of the site - assuring the guidelines are followed and handing out the consequences if the guidelines aren’t - as he sees it - and clarifying those guidelines. I think personal interactions on this site aren’t a part of what he wants to engage in. I think he wants the site to be peer/poster interactions, support, exchanges. I think that desire, as I see it, for the community, it based on his idea for this site and due to the fact that his position as a doc. I have not seen him engage in much in the way of personal interaction.
You don’t seem to be desiring him to engage in a doc/patient relationship but what I do think is there is a desire expressed by you to engage in an interaction - even if it very surface, that request still might be asking for something that he is unable to give.
I know folks from time to time have given you a difficult time about your feelings about Dr. Bob as you post them. I am in NO way disrespecting your entitlement to your feelings. I’m trying to inject some realism (as I see it) about wanting your feelings to result in a reaction from another person what could possibly be an unrealistic expectation from their standpoint. Dr. Bob posting to or interacting personally with you may appear to be a simple uncomplicated thing but I don’t think it’s a simple and uncomplicated as it may seem. I also think even IF you got only a: "Hi" from him every now and again, I'm not sure that would REALLY fulfill the need you express.
These are my thoughts. I’m not saying they are correct as I don’t speak for Dr. Bob. I am basing my thoughts on my observations, over the years, of his level of interaction with folks who post here.
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