Enough is Enough

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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.

I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.

I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.

I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.

Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.

Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.

-SoulRiser

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Bob Dole Offline

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Post: #173

Re: Enough is Enough

Wow, this thread grew. Also, there's too much hate going on around here, tone it down a bit. Relax.

Quote:No, I discovered that I didn't know it all and that the world isn't out to "brainwash" me. I realized that I was wrong and continued going to school, eventually realizing that it was indeed beneficial to my well-being. Don't demonize it as choosing the path of least resistance.

Also, I like the Boondocks avatar.

Shit, I'm not saying that school brainwashes people. I'm not saying that school isn't beneficial, as people do learn there. What I AM saying is, it's not the best way to get an education. People should be educated in a much wider range of subjects, and be taught to appreciate different forms of culture more. I mean, there's more than the few rudimentary things that school teaches you out there. And putting people in a school environment where it's next to impossible to really develop as a human being is a damn waste of humanity. We're putting people out there who haven't been taught to question the things they've seen on TV, who haven't ever tried to hold their beliefs up to criticism, who've barely seen what a healthy human relationship looks like.

I mean, yeah, school teaches you some basic things as far as math, science, English, etc. goes. But it leaves out so very much. And that's harming our society as a whole. We need to make sure that students leave school not feeling institutionalized, but enlightened. Not faceless and uncared for, but like they have a real value as a person. Not tired and weary of absorbing new information and learning, but ready and willing to contribute to society as an actual human being, instead of just as a worker.

Our society needs innovation and free thought, which is something that should pervade our culture instead of being restricted to the very educated. I mean, we've got a school system that does a fine job of churning out people into the workforce, but they're neglecting to help their students develop in other ways which are just as important to a well-functioning human being.

Also, thank you for the comment on the avatar. Huey Freeman is probably my favorite character of all time.

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05-04-2009 01:30 PM