Posted by so on June 13, 2005, at 0:11:39
In reply to Re: How to build a Zen » so, posted by JenStar on June 12, 2005, at 23:32:07
> If you don't mind my asking, what is it about the rules of the board that so intrigue you?
I am interested in widespread impressions that they are not consistently applied and that despite thousands of words explaining ambiguities, they are not clearly understood and perhaps not clearly defined.
> You said that you're not much into casual conversation. But why are you so interested in the administration of this board, if you're not really interested in participating in it (in the social disucssions) all that much? I guess I just don't "get" that.Reading can be participation. I've read quite a bit of the board. It seems reasonable to me that I avail myself of an opportunity to participate in discussion of administration of a forum that I read extensively.
When I do participate by writing to the board, "social" wouldn't be my first stop. Bifurcation of treatment approaches so that chemical treatments are considered "biological" and "psychological" approaches are excluded from a "biological" forum probably confounds most of my efforts to participate in the parts of the board that most interest me. I would be more interested in biological elements of phsychological engagement.
I delete much of what I write to the boards before it goes to the network -- I still get the benefit of exploring my thoughts by writing them out. I thought about posting to the main board - the drugs board -- asking when SSRI manufacturers started including "thoughts of suicide" warnings in their advertisements, but I realized there were other places to obtain accurate information without the need to participate in a lengthy discussion about people's various opinions, and probably not a lot I could contribute on the matter that would advance the discussion as it has progressed here.
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> Curious again...
> JenStar
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