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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
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Either I am becoming insane (as my wife and kids often allege) or Timmy has deleted his thread announcing withdrawal of the 'edit' function.
I made what I hope was a balanced and considered reply to that post, and in the context of what has been happening on the Board, I really would appreciate an equally balanced and considered response.
I honestly think that there has been some over-hyping here. I don't defend what Marc said; there can be no doubt that he was wrong to act as he did.
What we need to bear in mind is the fact that trauma is not just mind-bending, it can be mind-changing. I speak from personal experience; the stress of my profession led to what used to be called a 'nervous breakdown' many years ago. Ever since, I have relied on medication to enable me to function more or less normally. Marc's problem is that one of the two major traumas in his life involved medication, and he is still deeply scarred by that experience - so medication terrifies him. At the moment, he needs medication desperately, and hopefully he will soon accept it. In the meantime, he needs a little understanding; in fact, he needs this site more than anyone else I can think of.
All I'm asking for is the will to understand; I'm not suggesting that anyone is wrong for disagreeing with Marc; there's absolutely no reason why he should be exempt from disagreement. I just feel that in the recent exchanges, much more could have been achieved off-board than on-board. I'm no bleeding heart - I've advised Marc in an e-mail not to play the sympathy card, as it tends to be counter-productive. But Marc needs this place as much as our younger posters do - as much as I do - and if, in a group such as ours, we expect tolerance and understanding, we should be prepared to extend it to others.
I love this place, and Marc is part of it. Can't we just go back to being friends? After all, I can, and I doubt whether anyone else has fought with Marc more intensely and more often than I have!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Cossie, I'd never question your sanity, but the thread is still there - the header to it currently reads "the hell with it" and it's about the 15th thread down (at the time of writing).
Marc and I have - as you've no doubt seen - sorted out our differences. I don't *entirely* agree with you about off-board mails as opposed to posts: there is a place for both. And some of us have issues which make private e-mails rather difficult for us ... something about having to trust the recipient not to genuinely misunderstand our intentions.
But I completely agree that once differences have been resolved, no grudges should be born and things should return to normal. I hope and believe that such a state now exists between Marc and myself: it certainly does on my part (we've hugged and made up).
I'd like nothing better now than for the "OK now got that test ..." thread to drop off the front page of the forum ! Let's no-one make any more posts to it.
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King
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cossie
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On fire! |
Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
Messages: 1699
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... this means that even if I'm not going insane, I'm bloody incompetent!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Aussie
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Registered: August 2006
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Comes with age. And don't expect any sympathy from Mrs Cossie either. They revel in making sure you know it.
Aussie
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