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Originally Posted by rayliotta
As far as I know, the purpose of this forum is to allow current and former members of "the Recovery" -- really, anyone whose life has been touched by it -- to converse with each other. That doesn't mean it should be "the Wild West". Or that the individual blogs should be little Wild West towns. I think it was clear enough that that wasn't what I was suggesting.
As zeek said, "To do that the site would have to welcome all former members with as little restriction as possible within the bounds of civility."
In case OBW's forgotten, 11of101 came here and shared his testimony of being in, and eventually leaving, the Recovery. The statement that "his participation was virtually void of the purpose of this forum", is that what you might call "HyperboLee"?
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I didn't say you suggested a return to the Wild West. But it was part of the general suggestion of some when any restriction is mentioned or exercised. Adults should not need the kinds of restrictions that are in place. But every so often someone comes along who demonstrates why there are restrictions.
As to zeek's comment, "as little restriction as possible" is reasonable if the content provided is on the topic of which he is concerned. But as I mentioned before, despite a little relevant content, it was mostly an ongoing dump of irrelevancies. I don't know whether he eventually took it to the blogs, or it was moved for him and his access limited to that. But if that is what happened, I understand it. Once again, something about being adults comes to mind.
My comment about being "virtually void" of relevant content is far from hyperbole. His demeanor is a deterrent to the open flow of discussion. The fact of a post giving his testimony of being in, and then leaving the church does not excuse the rest. It might be that a reinstatement of that post and any other that actually provided something valuable to the forum is worthwhile. I would not disagree. But that does not mean reinstating the rest and reopening privileges to start it up again. His history argues against him.