umm i go out for a bite to eat and I miss so much.
Things seem to be slightly straighter now and I'm very pleased about that, I do remain concerned about some of the terminology being bandied around.
for example Tolerate - Imho we should not tolerate bad behaviour or meanness.
Personally I would like to see a lot more mutal respect and a lot more "practise what you preach", I'm fed up of the " I'll say what I want and have a right to" attitude".
From personal experience I do not hold with the theory that we should move away from bullying or unpleasantness, I have always believed in conforting my issues as that is the only way I can deal with them and live with myself.
Finally I will share something with you all that only a few know and maybe this will give you food for thought.
My 13 year old threatened to take his own life this summer due to bullying. I was too scared to leave him alone for 30 seconds for fear of what he might do. He had been driven into a deep state of despair due to verbal and physical abuse at school.
As a mother i do my best and find my self telling him things like, the offenders are immature and things will improve with age.
Then I come on here and see people getting away with (by my personal standards) some appalling behaviour and comments, and I sit back and I despair
I don't expect comformity or unity on all issues, but I do expect people to have respect and be able to put accross their point without being objectionable or personally insulting.
Family friends any group will never agree but I think Flying Mouse summed it up when he said
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It also strikes me that there are those who seem to disagree/agree with certain people on matter of principle.I think this is wrong.I am personally happy to agree with a person on one thing and disagree with them two minutes later on another topic with absouloutly no hard feelings
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and that my friends is called maturity