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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (15167)	6/1/2001 9:13:45 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Perhaps your patience is infinite, mine is not. Or perhaps my time is just way too limited for me to waste any bit of it. When I approach wasting time, I have to say no way. Too many commitments.. If you think that is harmful to the venue I'll leave. X, I was just thinking out loud. I'm most definitely not trying to run you off. Feeling a bit sad, perhaps. I've been within an inch of leaving myself several times in the last few weeks. Each time, something has stopped me. The first time, you're gonna love this, it was JLA that stopped me. Just as I was about to log off, he posted a substantive comment. I was so shocked (and intrigued) that I engaged him on it. Earlier this week I started to feel a bit lonely. I really miss Cosmic and Steven. Cosmic could always be counted on to say something that resonated with me. I found it comforting to know he was there. Steven, I find as wise and together as anyone I've ever encountered. It's so much nicer when he's around. I was so glad to see Tim back yesterday. I thought he might have left us, too. I really like discussing things with Tim because he knows how to disagree constructively. I like him a lot. I've gotten used to that running joke you and I have about getting out of each other's head. I'm sure I've said a couple of things lately that would evoke that reaction from you, but I knew you weren't seeing them because I was saying them to people you had on ignore. I thought about you, too, as I was debating your response to your little Jane and Greg with our Greg. At the end of that discussion, Greg seemed to be hearing my explaination of why Mrs. X couldn't affirm little Jane's belief in God. I don't know if that interim outcome would have been any better or worse if you had participated in the discussion. I simply felt your absence. We all participate here for our own reasons and according to our own criteria. I don't assume we have any obligation to each other beyond SI's terms and conditions. I couldn't spend my days in a room full of first graders so I know I don't have more patience than you do. And I'm sure you don't have more time. I don't subscribe to the ignore feature or moderated threads as an answer to the less pleasant aspects of participation here but I understand why others gravitate to them. We all gotta do what we all gotta do. Yesterday, I just felt a need to express my sadness. Karen