Senor, you have my antipathy

[Guest guest]

i understand. the thought is that by responding

to 'misbehavior', we encourage more misbehavior.

i'll try a test. for there parents out there: when a

child is acting out, misbehaving, seeking attention in

inapproriate fashion, does ignoring or being indifferent to

their behavior lead to the child stopping the behavior?

or does it lead to an escalation in the behavior?

<br> <br>i think the last line of his posting of mssg

5473 explains where he was coming from with his

insights to blondie. i would have to think that the

approach of appeasement hasn't worked here. what is going

to be like if he really gets stultified? <br><br>i

would argue that if there is mutual agreement that

unacceptable behavior is occuring, be it by a child or by

someone in this e-community, that behavior should be

stopped. i don't know how to do that. i don't even know

that a consensus feel that the behaviour in question

was unacceptable. maybe the spectre of censorship

represents a greater evil.<br> <br>to answer your question

about what response do i expect here, well, it was

hardly fair for me to expect anything and i no longer

do. my "expectation" post was one of those gut

reactions--not well thought out and certainly untimely, since so

many members have given her their support, in many

different ways. i'm sure she will feel a lot of relief from

that community response when/if she opts to rejoin. i

guess the fact that he was able to drive her out was

what most got my goat. that shouldn't be allowed to

happen in the world according to john.<br><br>it an

issue that appears past (it is not, but for now it is

back stage). so by all means, lets move on to more

pleasant thoughts and discussions. so, will somebody

explain 5614 to me, because i'm fairly dense today

[Guest guest]

Just want to apologize for sounding harsh; Monkeymind said what I wanted to say

a lot better than I.<br><br>peace profound,<br>Sun