GirlChat #500302
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I very much want to vote "stay." I believe Sputnik has potential, and I have tried to be very forgiving of his social awkwardness, and like Catcher said, I feel bad for him as a result. I really would like to see him conquer his negative points and fulfill his potential. But then I see him make comments like this:
It seems to me like very very many people here, desire to (knowingly or unknowingly) take away ALL parental authority, simply so that they can have easy opportunities to prey on the inexperience and naivety of children, simply so they can fulfill their selfish carnal desires. If he truly feels that way about "many many" people in this community, then why does he spend so much time trying to make friends with people whom he believes are nothing more than selfish individuals whose only reason to oppose parental power as we know it today is because they want to take advantage of kids sexually? And lets not forget the strong ageist implications of his above statement. If he doesn't respect his own community, and he doesn't respect the potential of kids, and has no desire to oppose the greatest source of their genuine abuse, then perhaps he should ask himself what his purpose on a board devoted to GLers is. People who flagrantly mistrust their own community have have extremely negative opinions about a large proportion of them are destined to be unpopular among that community. I want to give him support, but then he often makes a comment like the one cut and pasted above and I start to wonder. So though I am not giving with a "go" vote since I do feel bad for him and do wish to honor his attempts to fit in here and make positive contributions to the community, I cannot find it within myself to give him a "stay" vote after seeing some of the comments he makes about his own community, not to mention his less than respectful attitude towards kids. ![]() |