I still don't see your claim about me being emotional. In no manner have I expressed any personal "feelings," with the exception of some personal anecdotes to assist in describing a point. Being predictive is emotional? Whatever you say...
If I did as you suggest, there would be no need for a discussion board. Discussion helps bring points together such that folks can think issues through. Sounds like a form of censorship to me, if you limit discussion.
For starters, I never said you can't post if you're overly emotional, so let's stop with the cries about censorship. I simply gave advice on things you can consider to engage your audience more effectively and without as much pushback.
You capitalized how many words exactly and for what purpose?
Also note your first statement -
With respect to medical treatments, I am a cautious person by nature.
This is you admitting everything you write after that is coming from a position of fear, whether you're aware of that or not. And, to me, every word you capitalized emphasized the things you were most afraid of. Maybe my impression was wrong, but that's the impression I got from your statements.
I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...
Exercising caution is being fearful? No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.
Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?
I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...
You really sound like you're taking the emotional thing personally and it comes across as whining.
Precisely the point.
Also, you should look above the box you're typing your replies in if you want to learn about formatting.
Notice the symbols on the far left once you hit reply. You'll see a B for Bold, an I for Italics, a Quotation mark symbol for quotations and a Chain link symbol for links.
Exercising caution is being fearful?
Fear keeps one focused on the past and/or worried about the future.
Tell me how your concerns are not based on fear.
Or better yet, I'll let you tell us how they are indeed based on fear-
No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.
In other words, your bad experiences (focused on the past) coupled with concern about what will happen to others if they also have to learn the lessons you had to learn the hard way (worried about the future) come from a place of fear.
Again, you've rejected outright facts when they don't directly address these concerns, and that is why you come across as overly emotional.
Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?
What are you afraid of? I've got a thick skin and have no use for passive aggressiveness.
I have formatting turned off, and I'm not going to switch back and forth to accommodate those who are going to be hyper-critical of my writing style.
Having fun psychoanalyzing? It's folks like you who make this board an unpleasant place. We're all supposed to be "awakening" together, aren't we? Why the hostility, or attempts to discredit? What happened to the thread? You've become sidetracked in a different direction because I offended you somehow. I've continued to be cordial, in spite of this.
I'm retired LEO. Believe me, I fear nothing. You are conflating fear with caution, which is how law enforcement operates. We don't live in an utopia. It's people like me (when I was employed) who anticipated issues before they occurred, and kept others from being hurt when they weren't in possession of all the facts, and perhaps lacked the situational awareness to keep themselves safe. So, your idea is to recreate how organized society works, and condemn those who display some awareness of details that others don't? You want others to "...find out for themselves" what they didn't understand previously? Depend upon others to "read the disclaimer" and fend for themselves? You can't be serious.
I still don't see your claim about me being emotional. In no manner have I expressed any personal "feelings," with the exception of some personal anecdotes to assist in describing a point. Being predictive is emotional? Whatever you say...
If I did as you suggest, there would be no need for a discussion board. Discussion helps bring points together such that folks can think issues through. Sounds like a form of censorship to me, if you limit discussion.
For starters, I never said you can't post if you're overly emotional, so let's stop with the cries about censorship. I simply gave advice on things you can consider to engage your audience more effectively and without as much pushback.
As far as you being unable to see how you're overly emotional, here's a direct link to one of your comments- https://greatawakening.win/p/15JAv8wOYD/x/c/4OcQZLsIGX8
You capitalized how many words exactly and for what purpose?
Also note your first statement -
This is you admitting everything you write after that is coming from a position of fear, whether you're aware of that or not. And, to me, every word you capitalized emphasized the things you were most afraid of. Maybe my impression was wrong, but that's the impression I got from your statements.
I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...
Exercising caution is being fearful? No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.
Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?
I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...
You really sound like you're taking the emotional thing personally and it comes across as whining.
Precisely the point.
Also, you should look above the box you're typing your replies in if you want to learn about formatting.
Notice the symbols on the far left once you hit reply. You'll see a B for Bold, an I for Italics, a Quotation mark symbol for quotations and a Chain link symbol for links.
Exercising caution is being fearful?
Fear keeps one focused on the past and/or worried about the future.
Tell me how your concerns are not based on fear.
Or better yet, I'll let you tell us how they are indeed based on fear-
No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.
In other words, your bad experiences (focused on the past) coupled with concern about what will happen to others if they also have to learn the lessons you had to learn the hard way (worried about the future) come from a place of fear.
Again, you've rejected outright facts when they don't directly address these concerns, and that is why you come across as overly emotional.
Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?
What are you afraid of? I've got a thick skin and have no use for passive aggressiveness.
I have formatting turned off, and I'm not going to switch back and forth to accommodate those who are going to be hyper-critical of my writing style.
Having fun psychoanalyzing? It's folks like you who make this board an unpleasant place. We're all supposed to be "awakening" together, aren't we? Why the hostility, or attempts to discredit? What happened to the thread? You've become sidetracked in a different direction because I offended you somehow. I've continued to be cordial, in spite of this.
I'm retired LEO. Believe me, I fear nothing. You are conflating fear with caution, which is how law enforcement operates. We don't live in an utopia. It's people like me (when I was employed) who anticipated issues before they occurred, and kept others from being hurt when they weren't in possession of all the facts, and perhaps lacked the situational awareness to keep themselves safe. So, your idea is to recreate how organized society works, and condemn those who display some awareness of details that others don't? You want others to "...find out for themselves" what they didn't understand previously? Depend upon others to "read the disclaimer" and fend for themselves? You can't be serious.
I'm tired of this. Peace.