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- From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
- Subject: Re: Sign of the times
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.191207.19500@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
- References: <1992Dec17.201505.16022@nynexst.com> <1992Dec18.192808.23092@adobe.com> <1992Dec20.200015.9446@oar.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:12:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.200015.9446@oar.net> ashley@oar.net (Ashley Burns) writes:
-
- >WHINE ON:
- >
- >I am defending Clare's right to whine. Lots of us go to misc.kids
- >when we are just really out on an emotional limb about something.
- >If we are more even-handed about describing some situation (and
- >often we aren't) than Clare, it doesn't mean we're not thinking it.
-
- If you notice, I didn't say that Clare couldn't whine; I just said
- that she shouldn't whine if she didn't want people to follow it up.
- And don't most people want some sort of follow-up if they are whining?
- I'm not taking exception with whining; What is maddening is that she
- talks about her husband and in-laws and doctors in New York (Ms.
- Demerol) in the worst way and when people commiserate with her or
- suggest that she talk to them about it, then she states that things
- really aren't that bad and how dare we jump to conclusions about her
- life.
-
- >And when people come back and start being really cutting and mean,
- >sarcastic and assuming about stuff, we don't feel very good. With
- >what you guys wrote above, I think you are breaking your own
- >rules about giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. Kathie and
- >Laura: you could have pointed out inconsistency without being
- >so mean and sarcastic.
-
- I don't think Laura's message was mean or sarcastic; mine, okay, it
- went beyond the line of polite conversation, but I went over the edge.
- It was really all that talk about blood and needles and poking a while
- back that did it for me. I just couldn't help myself and really, I
- feel much better now. :-)
-
- You know, Ashley, I think you are new to the net. The first time I
- saw a post from Clare, I thought, "Wow, how horrible; I'm glad my
- husband is more supportive than that." Someone posted that she
- shouldn't put up with him and she responded that he really wasn't that
- bad. Then I was just confused. Why say those things if they weren't
- true? Now, I've seen many posts where the theme is the same. I think
- after you've seen dozens of posts where Clare berates her husband and
- then defends him when people take her seriously, you might become
- tired of it also.
-
- Kathie
-
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