[FoRK] The Golden Compass: AWEsome!

[Lion Kimbro]

On Dec 3, 2007 10:09 AM, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
> >   Jeff,
> >
> >   You've crossed a line, and I am going to completely stop
> >   posting to FoRK if you don't make it absolutely clear that
> >   it is safe for me to post my speculations to FoRK.
>
> "Safe?"
>
> If by "safe" you mean "exempt from critical response" --- no way.  In
> all other senses, of course.

  Jeff, you know exactly what I mean.

  Critical response is a bit part of the reason **why I'm here** --
  What good would this place be, if everyone just agreed uncritically?

  No, I'm talking about safety from threats.  When you say that
  you think I am mentally unstable, and then start digging out
  your DSM reference books, and finding evidence to support,
  and collecting anecdotes from your own history of some other
  guy you met, and drawing comparisons -- I feel threatened.

  I believe that, if someone took what I wrote there, and then
  took your evidence and stories, and approached a
  psychologist or a judge, or called my employer, and tried to
  present a case,

  -- that you could do so, and I would be in real danger, and
  my daughter and family would be in danger (because they
  rely on me.)

  I care about what I'm talking about, and I take risks to say
  what I think.  But that's too much risk for me to take.

  I love criticism, and I love to respond to criticism, and the
  whole interplay there.  You've never seen anything to the
  contrary from me.

  But this streak here crosses a line, and I feel threatened.
  So, I think it's best for me to take Dr. E's advice, and bow
  out here.

  Sincerely,
    Lion