Pris wrote:blue roller wrote:Carol wrote:Hey, I happen to like that avatar. It's from the Carneval in Venezia that a dear friend just emailed to me. Since the bag head avatar comes with all new memberships initiated, instead of the houdini nodding hamster that was there before Mercurial changed it.. I often will give a new member an avatar which they can change when they wish so they don't have to go around with bag over their head.
As for your assumptions and projections... well, that's what they are. You have no clue what the various members of this forum are involved in, who they know and what they do in the world. Many of us work with the tools available to us and subsequently have reached thousands of people in the work we do with regard to community service.
YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT US ARE FALSE. GROW UP.
If you like that avatar ,use it yourself by all means but its not my choice . I like having a bag over my head , suits me fine . I dont like investing my identity in Images. I prefer to use just words.
I Only communicate with those who choose to engage me . There is no shortage of preconceptions about me and my opinions and that's fine but a debate that does not allow debate is rhetoric .
I could go deep in to my families history to back up my arguments but its all deniable because of official secrets. I have merely touched on my genetic history and that's the way I intend to keep it . It creates way to much anguish if I reveal to much .
I am not terribly interested in developing personal relationships here . To hazardous . I am not interested in validating second hand opinions but I can always respect those who can speak from REAL experience . Big difference.
In the Film Chocolat , a wandering lady of french/south american heritage enters a small French Village and has to confront a very narrow restrictive church centric culture where individuality is frowned upon . But chocolate and chilli is a powerful combination that stirs hearts and minds , just as truth and love does . Its a happy ending but not without pain on the way . If enjoying good food and companionship is predictive programming ! well what can I say ?
Its a very common experience for ET's who try to engage humanity ,this theme . Very Common indeed . The wanderer who enters town without religion or baggage or identity. Someone who lives their own truth , not the Normal consensus.
It was bound to happen though . Only a matter of time before the ranks close and the stranger gets his house boat burned.
You Locked my thread without my permission Carol. Did you tell Pris that ? I decided to end MY input yes , but I left the door open for Pris to do her own thing .
Now you have Deleted it ! Again without asking .
What does that say about you ?
There you go again. Assuming things. Are you ever going to just end it? I'd love for this thread to be locked and you banned from The Mists. Just thought I'd put that out there.
Carol never locked your thread without your permission. She never asked for permission because she had no intention of locking it. I asked Carol to lock it because you were (and are), apparently, NOT finished with your input. In case you missed it, it was my thread, too.
Now, Carol did not delete the thread without asking. She had no intention of deleting it. Besides, it's not 'deleted'. It's been 'removed' from public view because I asked her to remove it.
I'd like for this thread to be locked now (or you banned), but that's up to Carol to decide because it is, after all, her forum. And, this is your thread, Maurice, not mine.
Btw, I never accused you of abandoning me. I accused you of threatening to abandon me. It was your threat that has lead us to this.
Your last two comments posted prior to this are completely out-of-line and disrespectful (with the sexual not-so-subtle innuendo), full of yet more false assumptions (lies) about me (and my childhood which we never discussed) and, IMO, need to be removed.
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Im sure you want to ban me and if Carol says okay , that' fine , I have no problem with that . You can chalk that up as a moral victory .
How quickly you have become everything you deplore in others though. All that rhetoric about free speech means nothing now I take it.
I never 'threatened' to abandon you because there is no personal relationship between you and I . I shared some time with you writing a thread That I started but was happy to share with just you . That's all. We are on opposite sides of the planet Girl. How the Hell does that make us partners ?
I tried to resolve your sudden turn against me privately but you refused to communicate . In the meantime I wanted to share some observations that you choose to assume always refer to you so you can claim you are being victimized.
Your not the only woman on the planet Pris ,hate to break that to you . And on a suffering scale of one to ten your maybe a two at best . Be thankful for that . Unlike you , I KNOW personally many women who have suffered terribly ,men too . S**t happens on this planet . Big time . Your story isn't that special actually . You got off Lite.
Your not the only Vegan , your not the only Canadian ,your not the only person who has issues . Accept it. You can be every bit as quick to judge others
But that's your right . You are entitled to your opinion. AS AM I. You cannot realistically expect me or anyone else to agree with you 100% . That's no excuse to get nasty and slam the door .
You seem to think that your way is the only way. It is . For you . But not everyone.
People disagree with me all the time and that's ok . I dont take it personally . I dont take vegetarians personally. I dont take Orthydoxymorons pain personally and hate that person for it . I sympathize with this person actually though im powerless to help.
Now the last time I looked you were not a cat but if you really want to identify as one , well go for it Girl. If you want to be Ironic , if you want to be a redhead , or you want ? What do you want ? What is the natural you ? Only you know the answer to that question .I am not that interested in you .
I discouraged you from wanting to know to much about me . I tried to tell you its would be better not to .To focus on the thread . But you needed validation and in getting it you wanted more . Im sorry , but I cant give you that .
I see your unhappy but if you say your not then your not . So whats the problem ? Really ?
I regret giving you that validation now because it did not help you .
Locking the thread and removing it is as good as deleting it . You claim it as yours Now . Take it. My words are not mine alone and they live outside the strictures of this forum. Its no loss to me, really it isn't . It can all die. The words ,the thread, my presence here .
I dont come here for hit counts and attention . For me its an exercise , a writing exercise . I put down thoughts and enjoy the process .
For you Pris the motivation is different. You spend to much time online ,IMHO . Its not always about you Pris . Its about a whole damn planet of people suffering . Your just one person in what ? 7 billion ? A lot .
We are not special or better than . We are just a small part in the vastness . I love being nobody in this body , I am nobody in this body . I chose to be simple , poor ,humble,anonymous . Not a big fish at all in this life . Big fish are big targets .
What I choose to share though is free thought .Take it or leave it but if you insist on taking the whole worlds pain on your shoulders how can you find peace ? Only tyrants demand absolute agreement . Your never going to get it.
You're a human living on Earth and therefore you're in just as much in the XXXX as the rest of us 