Posted by KaraS on August 21, 2004, at 17:49:37
In reply to need to poke fun is a **trigger** for me, posted by Jai Narayan on August 21, 2004, at 8:09:52
> > It is BECAUSE it is so serious that there is the need to poke fun. In my opinion, for whatever that's worth.
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> **Thank you for being honest AuntieMel.
> I appreicate it because I have been really confused emotionally by this thread.
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> Okay, so what message does that give me?
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> If I want to be serious and get some support I will get someone poking fun at me?
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> How would that work for you?
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> You may not know this but this making light of my serious concerns put a chill in my desire/need to post anything serious to this board.
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> This need to poke fun is a **trigger** for me?
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> Ouch
>Jai,
I am also sorry if our shenanigans were offensive to you. I do think you did the right thing by letting us know that you were hurt by them. Then you listened to what we had to say and reacted well to the advice and responses.For the record, I did want to discuss the original topic seriously (as well as continuing the humorous asides) but I feel very strongly about political things and I fear that more indepth responses might have gotten me blocked. What some might see as hyperbole, I see as truth. OTOH, I can understand Dr. Bob's not wanting to offend others within the overall context of a healing and supportive web site. Perhaps this just isn't the forum for serious political debate.
-Kara
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