Come back back Bonking Bill, all is forgiven! — unenlightened

So, why is it taboo to talk about death? — Posty McPostface

You have to talk with them; not at them. They have already been talked at, it doesn't work, and that is part of why they are upset in the first place. — Lif3r

For what it is worth... Still alienated here, lotsa feelings and ideas, but still alienated. It’s probably a fool’s game looking for heroes anywhere — 0 thru 9

Not to barge in, but Tiff doesn't feel insecure, Praxis. She feels hurt that someone she cared about branded her as a racist. — frank

The best laid plans in war and politics unravel at first contact with the opposition — Sir2u

Well, since one of my degrees is in social psychology I suppose I ought to try and mount a defence of it. — Pseudonym

So you actually believe that Trump is good for our country, or democracy in general? — praxis

If a members prefer to engage in a finger pointing blame and shame manipulation by guilt campaign designed to edit everyone else to our taste, ok, go for it. That's a fool's errand imho, but there's no law against it. — Jake

I believe everyone except Hanover has had at least some formal schooling. — Baden

It's not so much labels are the problem, but labels used deliberately and unfairly as a rhetorical strategy, which we can all be guilty of sometimes. And even then the best way to react is simply to push back. — Baden

For example, Harry Hindu has every right to label the mod team Nazis if he wants (here in feedback anyway). It's up to us then to argue back if we want. It wouldn't be sensible for either of us to take any of that personally, and I wouldn't even bother calling it "abusive" as that in itself could be deemed just another label. Come to think of it, aren't we in danger of labelling the labelers, "labelers"! — Baden

Maybe I should be able to handle it better as well. I think that both can be true, for sure. Thank you for your comment. — All sight

My proposal is simply to invite more trained professionals to frequent the forum when issues pertaining to psychology arise. Or to put it more bluntly, we need more psych majors on the moderation team in my opinion. — Posty McPostface

I don't wish to control my emotions, I wish to control the world. Accept the things I cannot change, but change the things I can. Just changing how I feel towards them is easy though, it's called delusion and addiction. — All sight

I never said that I was particularly kind and loving, wouldn't require confession and redemption if I were. Just that they are really important things to strive for. Not only for personal well being, but because they work better to operate on within human relationships at every level. — All sight

It's not a poor me act, it's trying to understand where all of these baseless accusations are coming from. I don't think that replying to you further is worth while. I'm not actually worried that I'm going to be interpreted in such lights in general. As this rarely happens, as a matter of fact. — All sight

Since it's legal where I reside, I might as well ask, how are laws coming along for legalization in AZ? — Posty McPostface

Several people have said the answer is obvious. But at the same time, the responses vary widely. Does that mean it is obvious to some and not to others? — Sam Sam

I remember in the old PF how quick and effective the administrators were to spot the occasional crank or the person who would start to make ad hominem attacks and be too abusive. Poof! And they were gone instantly. The NKVD worked so well. That instilled a little bit of fear into us and kept the discussion rather polite. Yet when the old forum crashed the first time, the first thing on my mind was had I written something bad and gotten evicted for some reason. — ssu

Sometimes when people get under our skin it is a reflection of our own insecurities. — Lif3r

I don't know, but I think of it as a healthy habbit (cancer prevention). — Posty McPostface

Don't smoke it for that goal though. Wish it was as popular as beer or alcohol, many lives would be saved if it we're a substitute good in that regards. — Posty McPostface

The point where I'm quoting Jesus is the point where I know I have reached the edge of reason, and it's time to be quiet. — unenlightened

They might love me, they might hate me, and whatever the case, that is their situation to deal with. — Jake

OK, some rhetorics 101 here. — Ying

would say that once a disagreement reaches that level of emotion, each side is no longer absorbing information to analyze, and is instead defending their identity. — Lif3r

thanks - I really appreciate that. I miss him so much, but I am starting to get to the point where I can enjoy the good memories. — Sam Sam

You'd have been better off never to have come across that cursed ring. My guess is that you didn't lose the ring but Satan reclaimed it and passed it on to someone more evil than you. — Hanover

great story! I'm glad it worked out. — Sam Sam

My view on karma changed when my brother died of cancer last year - made it much harder for me to believe in karma. — Sam Sam

I did send the seller a message through facebook this morning. If he does not reply in 7 days, is that equivalent to posting a sign? — Sam Sam

I recently bought a box of model railroad stuff at a yard sale, and when I got home, I found a diamond ring in there. What are your thoughts on the ethics of me keeping or returning the ring? — Sam Sam

I am not sure if I should take your post seriously. Anyway, it was in small box inside another small box, so it did not fall off a finger. — Sam Sam

I have never forgotten the occasion when, just prior to my first year of university, I dropped a wad of money bills from my pants pocket. Desperately, I went to the store's lost and found desk an hour later and found, to my sober and grateful relief, that a well-intentioned person demonstrated concretely what Good Will really means. — gloaming