Posted by crushedout on December 15, 2003, at 9:05:32
In reply to Re: grumbling and obligatory thinking, posted by Dr. Bob on December 15, 2003, at 8:36:39
Bob,I really think you're splitting hairs. What do the civility rules say? "could lead others to feel accused or put down," right? that's very broad. and dinah DID feel put down, I reckon. and MANY of us had alarm bells going off, so why aren't yours?
You should just admit you were wrong. This is ridiculous.
crushed
> > > > he attacked dinah directly, accusing her of "grumbling and obligatory thinking," whatever that means.
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> > http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20031123/msgs/284894.html
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> Yes, there he says:
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> > Your grumbling and obligatory thinking cloud your vision from seeing this truth about yourself...
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> I think I see what you mean about the phrase you quoted, and maybe it was a mistake to let it go, but FWIW, he did qualify what he said:
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> > your story sounds much like this... This is my experienced guess...
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> And also I'm not sure the gist of it was really an "attack", since the "truth" he was referring to was:
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> > You will be whole when you know you are "enough" to handle tomorrow better than you handled yesterday... What you are reluctant to accept is that you've always been "enough"...
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> Which I think was pretty supportive...
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> Bob
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