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In Reply to: Re: Context is Everything posted by Historian on February 05, 2004 at 07:37:54:
I love the judgemental way you talk.
I know Anneke personally, as I also know some of the people that run this board and other boards. The truth is that the Family is mightily deceptive and those of us exers who have a heart to help people exit the Family can be easily deceived. As Anneke was. As I was. As I'm sure Barney was. Maybe you were so almighty smart to avoid the snare of the fowler but not everyone is so lucky. I know that what was at the heart of all the hobnobbing with FCF and that sort of ilk was the desire to help people get out. Some exers didn't and don't have the desire to have anything to do with Family people and so what, that's okay....but I know that I personally have helped people leave. Not by giving a place to live, because I don't believe in handouts per-se, but by extending a hand of friendship from the outside world. That's all. Friendship. Again I say, So What!
I believe that what Joseph has said about the old messages being purged has something to do with available bandwidth on the board. It is not a conspiracy as you guys are implying. If you have never ran a board then you probably don't understand the difficulties involved, but I know that Acheik and WC will have some understanding of this problem. As a coordinator on the NDN board I feel it's important to keep all these things archived as best as possible. However it is an evolving process of learning how best to do it.
What I really appreciate the most is when people talk about their personal stories of exiting, what happened to them. Take for instance, Achieks story. It's very very good. Gives a clear picture of who she is and what happened to her. What gets my goat are the anonymous mudslingers who don't know what happened and just like to talk dirt about others.
Beware of the telephone pole in thine own eye.
