12.4.2001 -
Not even two weeks into my "retirement" and I'm already back at it again. Well, I figured as much.
It seems some friends of mine have been having an argument; it's rather nasty, with personal attacks on all sides. I want to chalk most of it up to frustration, misattribution, and miscommunication, but it's more complicated than that. I just hope they can work this out without involving too many other people. It seems I'm pretty deeply mired in the ordeal, since they've both involved me and my counsel, and what I can offer both of them (and everyone else, for that matter) is fairly simple: put this behind you and get on with your lives.
More importantly, this brings up an issue relevent to the Dumping Ground. Specifically, I'd like to reiterate that what gets said here is in the heat of the moment. We don't post here with well-reasoned articles designed with diplomacy in mind; we just write our problems from our own point of view as a way to let off steam. Pointing to things posted here as an example of why someone is or is not to blame for something is misguided at best. Not for no reason do I remove my old postings whenever I come up with something new; if I left them up, readers might get the impression that I am a wildly contradictory individual who is passionately opposed to just about everything. To point: my previous posts.