Posted by Mitchell on March 8, 2002, at 8:39:57
In reply to Re: How social is Psycho Babble Social? » Mitchell, posted by Mair on March 7, 2002, at 22:44:02
> Sorry Mitchell, but I don't quite see the relevance of Sar's old post to your point. I don't see her old post as blasting someone's beliefs, but rather as questioning the hidden agenda or identity of posters. I think there have been people on this board who have posted under multiple names during the same time period, ocassionally even answering their own posts. It's hard to prove, but an issue worth raising from time to time, because I think the practice of doing this is about as low as you can get.
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> What, pray tell, is eating at you so much that it would motivate you to find an archived 5 month old post to suggest the sorts of very minor human contradictions that define all of us?
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> MairMair,
Mair,
What basis do you have to assume something is eating at me? Is it possible that I posted with complete integrity, but you, for whatever reason, don't grasp or don't want to acknowledge my point of view?
Nothing is eating at me. Somebody mentioned their posts from six months ago. The person said their posts in that period had met angry reactions. She said she had never been rude. I noticed a post from six months ago in which she said someone is cowardly if they did not meet her requirements for identifying themself. The post appeared to pressure the person to identify themself. The post to which she was responding was decidedly non-political, contrary to her allegations that someone was innappopriatelty using an annonymous handle to post political messages. The post cited cultural and medical problems behind what was otherwise beeing treated as an emerging political problem. The intriguing post circulated on the web that week, and was also posted here. Whoever posted it might have had a good reason to post annonymously; it was fair and profound analysis, and IMHO, it did not deserve to be censored. I found no need to know the authors identity - the message spoke for itself. I did not understand why anyone would pressure or call cowardly an author who chose to protect their identity during a dangerous period. IMO, this is can be grouped along with negative reactions to religious posts. Let it be.
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