Posted by Sarah T. on January 7, 2006, at 3:22:03
If poster B says, "Poster A is being very manipulative," you would probably block poster B, right? Yet, if poster A says, "I'm being very manipulative," you wouldn't block her, right? Why not?
If Mr. X says, "I'm going to hurt Ms. Y [by cutting her or pushing her into harm's way]," surely Mr. X should be reported to law enforcement and prevented from inflicting harm on Ms. Y. Yet, if Ms. Y says, "I'm going to hurt myself. I'm going to self-injure. I'm going to 'SI' or jump out a window," instead of being reported to the police or taken to a hospital, Ms. Y logs onto an Internet message board and repeatedly talks about her intent to injure herself. She repeatedly ignores the good advice given to her to seek treatment. This goes on for months and months. When others start to ignore her posts, her threats escalate. Yet she is not reported to the police. She is not committed to a hospital, and she is not blocked from the message board.
Why is it acceptable to injure oneself when it is completely unacceptable to harm someone else? Why is it acceptable to call oneself names or criticize oneself, yet when someone else does it, even when they're obviously trying to help, they get blocked or are labeled "uncivil?"
Do you think self-injury is civil? I don't.
poster:Sarah T.
thread:596135
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20051205/msgs/596135.html