Posted by Dr. Bob on November 22, 2003, at 19:26:32
In reply to Re: offering help » noa, posted by Larry Hoover on November 22, 2003, at 17:27:41
> Need we extend our empathy to those practising parasuicidal threats and false reporting, and fail to extend empathy to those who cannot help but bear witness to it?
No one is required to extend their empathy (or even reply) to anyone else. But if they post, they need to be civil. Expressions of empathy aren't necessarily civil (from someone else's perspective).
> One of the problems in this Babble environment is that I have no choice about continuing to interact....not really....because I can't do something as obvious as activating a killfile, or blocking the sender from appearing on my computer, or blocking threads once I identify them as troublesome.
No, but you can not read their posts...
Bob
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