Posted by ron1953 on November 4, 2010, at 11:31:22
In reply to Re: Boosting Site Vitality » ron1953, posted by Dinah on November 4, 2010, at 11:15:29
> No interest in alternative either?
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> How about therapy?
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> What aspects of mental health support are you interested in being part of?
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> I manage to get through my life without very much unpleasant conflict. I tend to believe that it's possible, preferable even, to discuss issues in a constructive way. I rarely find people are all that willing to compromise or change in a nonconstructive dialogue.Unfortunately, it goes full-circle that I'd be interested in being part of most of Babble, but have no desire to play Bob's head games regarding "civility". He blocked a member yesterday for using a synonym for donkey that starts with an "a". It just gets dumber and dumber.
I can understand *wanting* to avoid conflict, but I cannot understand denial of it's reality and potential benefit. I'm afraid that you (and possibly others) think that I'm somehow in favor of Babble becoming some kind of free-for-all, but that would be quite incorrect. But wanting a mental health support site to be lala land is not realistic. We all *like* to hear what we want to hear, but when it becomes a necessity, it gets weird.
I find that people who are intractable by choice are not willing to compromise or change, regardless of the flavor of dialogue.
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