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Old Nov 26, 2009, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by deliquesce View Post
the part i'm sad/scared/angry about... . i dont harbour a lot of anger towards the ppl who did what they did - i see them as products of their own short comings and i feel sorry for them. not in a self righteous way, just in a... it's a shame that that's the only way they know how to get what they want. pdoc disagrees with me really strongly on this point - he thinks that what happened was very calculated and purposeful, almost like they were cold blooded and evil and enjoyed doing what they did because it caused me pain.
Couldn't it be both? They "enjoyed" what they were doing, AND they did it because they needed to do it? They needed to revenge themselves on someone, and you were in the way?

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i will probably go with the "being nice" interpretation. and it probably won't cause any problems at all with this guy. but i guess if i do it often enough then i'm doomed to get burnt again. but i really have no idea how to filter these things through.
Suspend judgement for a while? Don't assume either that he is "nice" or that he is a danger; wait until you find which is which? It could be either. You can be the detective who finds out which it is. Keep your own counsel; then you can decide what to do about it when you have the answer.
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Thanks for this!
deliquesce