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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.

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hi again

ive been going thru a lot. been in a lot of pain. seems i am starting to crawl and scratch and fight my way out of it. took a quick trip to chile for a week. now back in uruguay

saw this article...

http://sudburyhk.org/freedom-flow-and-ha...dium=email

wanted to comment a bit.

first, i dont believe we are all equal we have dift needs and dift potential for example

second - i dont believe we need any rules to live together if we get the right kinds of people who share the right beliefs. i also dont believe voting and democracy are the best ways to make decisions

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here is someting i wrote today after i talked to a girl who maybe be a mother in the near future.

she ashed what i would do if a child came to me in pain, for example after someone had yelled at my daughter, if i had one...

i said basically

1. ask how she is feeling
2. ask how much she is feeling it -- i use 0-10
3. ask what she needs and or what would help her feel better
4. ask what can i do to help or "what can we do"

hug to anyone who wants one

especially p if she ever reads this. she was in the hospital recently for apendicitis. she got into a very unhealthy relationship after she broke up with me. with a girl named angela. i am not sure which country they are in. i think the usa. she has been in a lot of pain. so hug to p. miss u. xx
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hi again

Long time no see. Hug

Quote:i dont believe we need any rules to live together if we get the right kinds of people who share the right beliefs.
True... but what do you do if you have a small amount of the wrong kind of people, and they don't want to leave?

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