George Herbert wrote:
While I agree that the mishandling of stalking /
abuse situations has
largely gotten us where we are today, I would have hoped to see people
make that point in a civil and respectful manner rather than crossing
the line into blaming the vicitms as you did above, Phil.
This was not constructive, even if it was wrapped around an important point.
Actually, I think it *was* constructive. It's a point I've wanted
to make (perhaps not so harshly) for a long time, but I've been
too chicken to make it at all.
I don't know Slim Virgin well enough to know whether she's a
reasonable person or a drama queen, so I GFly assume that she's a
reasonable person. So I'm not talking about Slim Virgin here. But.
One
observation that I have made about this latest go-round on the
mailing list is that Slim has _not_ participated. Whether she has
elsewhere I don't know. It all suggests to me that the topic has taken
on a life of its own, and she would be just as happy to see her name
disappear from the discussion. I suspect too that she has learned the
lesson of not feeding trolls, whether or not the participants really are
trolls.
Ec