Advice/Thoughts On A Dllemna

[Palatine]

In fairness, I have to applaud you for sticking your head above the parapet - that takes moral courage and really think you should not be condoned for your "intelligent" or different views. For the record, I agree with your assessment that I started the "Thread" for genuine reasons (my dilemna) and as already stated - my conscience would not allow me to continue and that's me, although to a certain extent, I was influenced by some conclusive "thoughts" that were expressed here with obvious passion. A special mention to MidLifeCrisis who really "hit the nail" on the head with his valuable comments about me, which are noted and will reconsider with the organisation if I am suitable for the scheme, even with the best intentions. I want to sincerely thank everyone who put forward constructive viewpoints - for/against/inbetween.

There's so much darkness and crap in the world, much of it self-perpetuating. Abuse begetting abuse, violence begetting violence. Breaking the cycle is hard. Fair play to you for looking for a way to add some light and goodness into the balance. If you decided to go ahead with it, I'd applaud you for just doing some good for a human being, but likewise if you decide not to because of the nature of the crime that's OK too - it's very hard sometimes. Finding somewhere else to redirect your kindness - that's the way forward, I think.

I try. I was grumpy with the self-checkout supervisor in Tesco this morning because she seemed pretty inefficient. I'm sorry about that, and hope she doesn't soak it in and get grouchy with a kid at home later. I'm not pretending to be good at this, and I have short patience for things like this and forum vuvuzelas. But when moments of clarity allow me to overrule my lack of patience, I try to ensure that what I'm passing on in any interacton with another human being isn't negative, and maybe positive.