Posted by thuso on December 27, 2005, at 22:35:46
In reply to what-ifs » thuso, posted by pseudoname on December 27, 2005, at 21:18:56
> Maybe we can agree to disagree about whether this information is "due". Surely the people who are going are adults and can evaluate the issue for themselves, in part by reading your responses. That's a core principle of Babble, right? For a while, a few had this info and no one else did; now it's in the open. I'm not in a paternalistic position of judging what other Babblers don't need to know.
>I wasn't trying to disagree with you at all. I was saying that *I* would probably hesitate... Just from my experiences with people who get anxious easily (friends, family, etc), even mentioning something that can spark fear can easily cause a person to back out of what they originally were going to do. I've seen this happen IRL way too often and being the pessimist that I am, I try not to verbalize negative possibilities unless necessary. I can really freak people out without even realizing it.
In the end, I don't agree with your post as a whole, but I do understand your worries. People should understand what they are about to do...good and/or bad. I think there are more good things that will come out of this experience than bad things for the participants, so that I what I am going to focus on.
poster:thuso
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