Posted by mikhail99 on January 10, 2003, at 16:17:13
In reply to Re: Disillusioned » mikhail99, posted by Dinah on January 10, 2003, at 12:10:31
> I've started and erased a dozen posts today trying to figure out how to say "Let's get back to the real business of this board, supporting each other." And I haven't figured out a way to say it without seeming insensitive to the hurt all around, which I don't want to do. Because I don't think anyone was trying to be clever. I think everyone in one way or another was feeling hurt and responding to it in his/her own way. It's amazing how quickly hurt can spread around.
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> There was such a small number of posters involved on any of the threads, yet everything seems to have ground to a halt. And I am guilty of letting my frustration over that fact affect me.
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> I totally agree with what you said about the majority of us thinking long and hard about their posts. And yet even then misunderstandings arise and people are hurt.
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> I can't think of any reasonable solution except to just get on with things. And I'm afraid that sounds insensitive. Round and round, circular thinking.It doesn't sound insensitive, I think it's come to a point where that's all we can do. I think at this point, a lot of misunderstandings have been cleared up EXCEPT for the ones (and I'm sorry, I disagree with you) from those who felt the need to be sarcastically "witty". I guess it's probably a defensive mechanism for some but as I said previously, there are some fragile people here (and that could include me during certain moments in my life) and we must think before we type. Nothing is gained by nastiness and sarcasm. What was it my mother used to say, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all..." :-)
Now if we can just get Tabitha back... TABITHA!!!! TABITHA!!!!!
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