Posted by Larry Hoover on August 7, 2003, at 6:46:54
In reply to I QUIT!, posted by paxvox on August 6, 2003, at 15:29:11
> OK, fine, I quit this thread. I see that it is leading nowhere, and is just becoming a pi**ing contest. I'm not going to play along. Larry, say what you wish about me, I will consider it moot.
I wasn't talking about you.....I was talking about the values you expressed. I believe that distintion was apparent to others, but I can easily see why that was hard for you. I'm sorry for your taking offense.
>Ame san..whatever. I don't have to defend myself, as doing so will only provoke Dr. Bob to see me as being uncivil.
That's certainly a risk, given the anger you've retained overnight.
>So, I take my leave from this discussion.
I was hoping to have a discussion, but there hasn't been one yet. All I've heard in reply from you is anger, so there's nothing more to discuss.
> Ya'll have fun with it though, please feel free to carry on.
> PAXI'm a victim of violence, both verbal and physical. Although those events happened decades ago, their impact is with me still. It may be permanent. I remain highly tuned to some of the marker characteristics. If I've got you wrong, explain to me just how I've got you wrong.
My emotional reaction to your posting was quite powerful. To paraphrase, the idea that you wished to have some freedom to be more "verbally liberated", while those offended or hurt could always just walk away (as if), or that the hurt was trivial anyway, really didn't sit well with me. And, it doesn't matter what benefit you bring to the group, mixed in with the negatives. The whole issue *is* the negatives.
I fully accept the possibility that I have misunderstood you, but that was *my* understanding of what you said, and my motive.
Lar
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