I like straight shooting people. I think they are being themselves. I want to know people as they are, not as they think they should be.

I found myself writing things I didn't really feel and I stopped posting for a while. I don't want to hurt anyone, but if we can't express our opinions, even if they differ, we might just as well not post at all.

Sometimes I disagree with a post and if I feel deeply about it, I will post my opinion. Some people see disagreement as aggression so I try to be gentle, but some people just use rhetoric and emotional overstatement to make a point andit is not supported by fact. If I ask for facts those same people are sometimes offended.

People sometimes seem to come here wanting, not help, but sympathy, but they need honesty. If they only get false sympathy it is destructive to everyone involved.

Chatty, your posts are full of intelligence and great wisdom so for heaven's sake, don't run off. We need your honesty here.
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[ August 28, 2005, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: smilinize ]