HS,
I have to admit I don't think I have replied to any of your posts before so we haven't had the chance to talk. In fact until I spoke to Alan on the phone last weekend I thought you were a woman. It was the name that threw me off. He told me about what you have done and the kind of person you are. Coming from Alan I take what he has said to be true, that is except for when he trys to say good things about
Kent the pig. <------humor
I don't post much anymore because of things just like this. I have had to choose between my family and my conscience and I do not like to make those kind of choices. I hate it when people get the wrong impression of another on this board because things are said in anger, pain, and frustration.
The little battle between Tina and Prisa taught me that lesson. I like and admire them both and for a little while I chose a side. I will not do that again. I will not choose between friends on this board because it is so diversified and impossible to get the real feeling about who someone is without meeting them in person. People have thought of me as being a mindless jokester because I like to make light of things. As Alan or any one who really knows me will attest to I am far from mindless. I do get a big kick out of people thinking that, it makes life a little more fun.
There are a few obvious boneheads on this board and they do not hold back on exposing that fact on this board. For them, I can have some fun, I think that is all a part of the draw to this place and I think they live for the abuse. I see it as kind of an S&M for their personality or lack there of. For the rest that are exJW's either Christians or non Christian or what ever brand of thought they subscribe to I say good for them. If someone doesn't agree with me then that's fine by me, at least I might make them think for a minute with a few comments and they might give me a thing or two to ponder. I see it as all good brain and sole food, whether that food comes in the shape of a marshmallow or Peking Duck. Everyone is trying to figure it all out the best that they can. That's not an easy thing to do considering that many of us have lost precious time with our heads in the sand of the JW religion.
Thanks for your post, I can see what Alan was talking about in regard to you.
Thanks for the comment and take care,
Dave