Re: Bye

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148960101.945929.101790_at_j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> It also "feels like" some of the recent noisy people blasting me might
> know either BB or Pascal, perhaps even arriving here with a mission. I
> have not met one single person on the ng in person ever. I'm coming
> unarmed into a neighborhood where there seems to be a gang of bullies.
> Anyone who suggests that others are acting amiss gets the same gang
> jumping on them. So perhaps there could be something similar to a
> neighborhood watch where those who want to keep honest dialog going are
> empowered in some way to keep the bullies from taking over the streets.
> I don't know what that might look like, but it would require some
> organization rather than the "each man for himself" approach that the
> rest of the neighborhood has now. That makes it very intimidating for
> anyone to say anything when bullies start in on someone. There are a
> few of you that try to make statements to set the course of a
> discussion right again, but with current conditions it is very
> difficult for someone who doesn't want to be the brunt of the next
> attack to speak up when a rape is taking place.

It's dark down there. We should not travel alone unarmed. Received on Wed May 31 2006 - 11:49:57 CEST