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[scarletwoman]

25. I'm so glad I saw your post just now!

Last edited Thu Apr 3, 2014, 07:24 AM - Edit history (2)

A short time ago, I read a thread that was started with no doubt good intentions, but the respondents on that thread would have none of it, and instead piled on the OP with mocking reminders of a past post by that DUer - presented as "proof", apparently, of why that DUer's new OP had no integrity. It was ugly and nasty and sickening. And the OP, reacting in anger, was quite quickly locked out of his thread.

It was like watching a chicken being turned on by his fellow chickens who set about to gleefully peck the so-marked member of the flock into a bloody mass. All I could think of was why would I ever want to hang around a place like this? A place of no compassion, a place where bullying and one-upsmanship appears to be the highest value for far too many. I was thinking that I've really had my fill of the current incarnation of DU. It's useless, brutish, and a waste of time.

And then, like a ray of right, yours is the next OP I see - and I will always, of course, click on an H2O Man post without fail.

I have always believed that the enlightenment of one person has the power to send ripples out into the world, so that the enlightenment spreads and catches on in others' consciousnesses. Still, I must admit, these days DU disheartens me almost beyond bearing. There are so many EGOS in evidence here - so many people who only want to BE right, not to DO right.

You wrote a wonderful post, and I appreciate it more than I can find words for. I only wish that DU were not such a stony ground, upon which no mustard seed has a chance of germinating...

(edited due to late-caught typo)