Posted by David Chalfant (208.30.14.58) on June 16, 1999 at 17:18:09:
In Reply to: ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! posted by Linda B on June 16, 1999 at 13:21:20:
I agree. I got off to to bad start on this wonderful site. I was attacked on my first posting and I retailiated.This added fuel to the fire. I believe we can all get along better if the verbal assaults stop including myself. If we disagree on postings or " intruders " I believe we can be assertive on issues without cutting down,threatening. Sure we all get angry at some members and outsiders. We could all be a bit more tolerant concerning the uninformed and problematic members. I am a recovering alky with clusers. In AA we practice love and tolerance of members that get out of line or off the subject. we can state that something angers us but we don't have to allow our anger turn into a verbal assault on a member or humiliate them either. This problem could discourage new commers or result in the destruction of this site. I am willing to try. All it takes is " biting the tounge " I have to work on being more tolerant myself. Pride and ego seems to be the root cause of all the slamming and name calling; atleast my therapist thinks this is the case. CHs piss me off but I do not see the need to take it out on others. You all taught me this when I first arrived at this site. Hope my opinion does not piss anyone off. If so, email me at dchal@negia.net and keep it off the message board.Love and tolerance is part of the solution
Sincerely, David Chalfant/David C.