Posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2009, at 6:51:13
In reply to Re: ridiculed and characterized as evil, posted by Dr. Bob on August 6, 2009, at 20:55:50
> > I do not see anything in my request that you cited that suggests that the poster in question could feel put down
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> My concern wasn't about that poster, but others who might be listed, or worry about being listed -- including yourself.
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> > You have directed an accusation toward me and I do not appreciate it. Blamimg me ... is causing me distress that I did not expect from a psychiatrist that invites his guests to be part of a supportive and safe environment.
> > What about my feelings?
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> I'm sorry I caused you distress. It seems to me Scott tried to support you, and I appreciate that.
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> > You are unwilling to post that antisemitic statements are uncivil in the following link.
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> I can't undo the past. But I agree that anti-Semitic statements are uncivil. Have any been posted recently?
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> > there could be the potential that I could become a target of ridicule, a scapegoat
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> > Do you know what it feels like as a Jew to be characterized as evil in a mental health community and you allow it?
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> How have you felt being ridiculed and characterized as evil?
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> Has anybody else had experiences like that? Either here or elsewhere? Lou, I doubt you're alone.
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> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...I can't undo the past...]
I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean here by writing that to me.
To post in the thread where the statemnts in question can be seen that they are uncivil is the method that you use to quench the potential fire that could arise as per your philosophy that you do not want to wait to quench a fire on the grounds that even a small fire could escalate into an inferno. Since the statements in question are of the nature that you agree that they are uncivil, then without the quenching notation from you to that effect, there is the potential for the fire to spread.
As to if you did do that in the threads where the statements in question are, as to if that would {undo the past}, without your defining what you want to mean by that I can only speculate as to what your thinking could be.
The only thing that I can think of that could be related to your statement {undo the past}is that I saw a Superman movie many years ago and he turned back time and corrected the past in regards to an event with Lois Lane. The Superman fantasy was a literal undoing of the past.
If you are using the phrase as a figure of speech, I would need to know what you are wanting to mean by that in order to respond fully. But in my thinking, posting a qualifying statement as per your TOS here in the thread where the statements in question appear would be following your own TOS, for the time lapse between a statement from you there and the date that the statement was posted could show that you want to show that you presently want others to know that in your thinking the statements in question that you agree are uncivil are made known to readers as such. The aspect that you have posted here that you agree that the statemnts are uncivil, does not annul the fact that there is not a quenching of the potential fire in the thread where the staements can be seen that you agree that your philosophy is to not wait untill there is a forest fire to quech any potential flame.
The flame that I see is not a match, but a continuous flame that has the potential to spread hatred toward the Jews in other forums and other communities untill it is notated by you in the thread where it is posted. I see it as a billboard that is in the present, for the archives can be seen in the present even though the post was made previously to today. If we consider a hypothetical example of, let's say, a billboard with antisemitic statemnts on it made in 1939 somewhere, in your thinking, could a billboard with statemnts of the nature in question be either taken down or have a notation posted on it that the community does not accept what the statements purport or would you want it left to stand on the grounds that if it was notated, one could not undo the past?
Lou Pilder
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