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In Reply to: Re: TRC posted by Wonderer on July 10, 2007 at 01:10:37:
I hear you about the despair that lack of reckoning brings. I have experienced the same myself. SGs were not the only ones sexually abused as children.
Apart from that, your post was confusing. (Where do you find me using a stereotype of a blood-thirsty Vandari SG? Did I say you were all rude and "nobody's child," etc?)
Are you addressing me, or taking the opportunity to vent to all FGs collectively? (Maybe you should have split your post int two: one to Thinker and one to "those who abused")
Are you talking for yourself? (One moment you speak for you, in another you speak for all SGs, for all abused -- "we" this and "we" that)
You decry one-size-fits-all but then proceed to talk like any and all FGs are the same.
Are you decidedly adversarial toward me, "preaching to the choir" about things I already agree with?
Correct me if I'm wrong: you do think at least some people (FGs) should be allowed to move on, don't you? (Who, how and under what circumstances was my point)
My post may be useless and hypothetical to you, but I am asking questions which I believe need to be asked: Where do people "come clean" and how does one go about setting the record straight? Is it through these boards or the amount of activity they show on them? I know people who left who are as ex as can be, who stay away from these boards because of the madding crowd and the peer pressure to be PC. Can we not benefit from the information these people can give us?
My post may collectively fall under useless "anonymous cant" (rant?) for you, but I am searching for answers. Change and concrete actions begin with questions. You criticize for not having answers? What are yours?
About specifics you brought up, in case they weren't just rhetorical questions (I can't tell):
Nuremberg: No political discussions are allowed here. I leave it up to you to find out through your own research where Nuremberg-styled justice is not appreciated and by which circles, when applied to current day situations.
"All your outrage": Who's outrage? And why reduce anything/anyone here to "anonymous cant" anyway? How do you know what they do and don't do besides post here? How do you get to be the judge on each individual's personal life? (Bulletin-board courts are exactly what I'm trying to address with my posts)
SNAP conference: My comments were for someone who never abused children, so why should someone who didn't abuse children say anything of the like at a SNAP conference?
It would help if you sort your post out: who you're talking to and what you're talking about; who you are speaking for.
As for not posting on FG space, the coordinator has pointed out many a time, it's everyone's space. Post and stand for it, or don't post at all. But don't apologize for existing (even if sarcastically) -- nobody is asking you to. I for one would be more than happy to engage in conversation and talk about these issues.
