Posted by Dr. Bob on June 4, 2001, at 21:41:20
In reply to Re: Please be supportive » Dr. Bob, posted by shelliR on June 3, 2001, at 20:14:56
> > ..... Cos Effexor doesn't give you a high... You say Methdone doesn't, but it does, else you wouldn't feel better for it. I just believe, that by taking a drug like methadone, Vicodin etc, you are simply "Putting" off the pain..
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> one poster1 told anther poster2 that
> (1) methodone did make her high (although poster2 had taken methodone for years and said, no it did not make her high)You have a point there, that's what I'd call jumping to conclusions about the experience of someone else.
> (3) poster1 told postesr2 that her choice of treatment would lead to a specific consequence which poster1 could not know
The consequence being putting off the pain? I think I'd see that more as an interpretation of feeling better than as a prediction of a consequence...
> "Please don't overgeneralize regarding the future of others or what they're trying to get
> across."
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> Dr. Bob, that is a really murky directive. You could response to at least 15-20% of the posts, please don't overgeneralize about something.Sorry, but that's the best I can do. Like Justice Potter Stewart said:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
> Okay , so then all anyone has to do is to say I believe and that makes all the difference.
See the above link, I try to address that kind of tactic there. :-)
> Other than civility, the more you come on to the board for warnings, the more you are censoring the exchange on the threads. There I feel like the tradeup is not worth it. Inaccurate information and worst case senarios are just part of the process of the board. Checks and balances should be provided by the participants on the board. The more often you say in so many words, "no, you can not say that on my board because it's not true" or "you cannot say that on my board because it's not supportive" (which I take to mean, it's not helpful to someone else, in your opinion), the larger your role becomes and the smaller the group role becomes.
That's another good point. The flames I feel I need to try to put out asap, but in other cases I do think it might be better to wait and see whether checks and balances will be provided by others. Thanks for the feedback,
Bob
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