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Nil illegitimo carborundum !
TRANSLATION: Don't let the bastards wear you down.
Yes. I ditto ditto that!
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Nil illegitimo carborundum !
Hi Leela, she signed her name in the post that started this thread--go back and read it and you'll see.
I'm not nearly engaged in the Forums as I was in the beginning - once the non-profit got started there have just been too many other projects for me to be engaged as I was.
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PR was always designed to be a Forum in which passionate but objective and even handed discussions as opposed to 'politically correct' discussions took place. I founded PR with the commitment that above all it was a place that looked honestly at all aspects of CFS and we have at times taken our knocks for that - and, of course, others appreciate that kind of rigor.
I'm sorry that that we haven't realized those ideals and that some members have used the Forums as a kind of bully pulpit to present their views and deal disrespectfully with those that have not. We obviously have more work to do.
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(We can't keep the Forum space safe without moderators and our team is thin and stretched - as it always seems to be. We welcome anyone who wants to help keep PR a place of honest and respectful communication. Thanks! )
How can you permanently ban a person when they can just sign up with a different name? Is there an IP address thingo or something?
Not a challenge, a sincere inquiry, being something of a luddite now.
What Sasha said.
I also vote to EJECT, rather than to protect the instigators, agitators and trouble makers.
I second that. Some people feed off of negativity. It is a form of neurosis. So they stir up trouble just to get a meal.