Helena Handbasket wrote: Karrie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear J. Russel ... While I am waiting for your paper?s code of ethics, so I can decide how I feel about your intrusion, I thought I?d view all your posts. I have done a summary of the profile that you portray to me...< This says more about you than JRussell to tell you the truth. -------------------------- As I am about to retire for a while, and this thread is clearly all about perceptions, I?ve set you all a challenge to see if you can work out if this post is meant in a serious way, or as a joke and also what you think this post is accurately saying. Ready? Here goes. Part one I have a confession to make, which is addressed to all, not selecting anyone in particular. What you?ve seen me briefly doing here is actually just copying what I see occurs on this forum when people target what they ?perceive? loosely as a troll, which was the first and last time you will see me, so called, ?out? a troll, as it was done purely as an exercise to just to play along with this, so called, ?game?. This, unintentionally then seemed to draw out how some people react when they perceive an individual in a negative way, which lead then to some trying to belittle and twist a person?s view, even if in fact they agree with some of the points, which I found quite intreging. This seemed to stem from what they have perceived in past posts as negative. My conclusions seem to lead to this being, in general, an actual targeting exercise as if I was a kind of ?troll? in retaliation for something that was said in other threads. With many on this site with a statutory agency status, this does puzzle me. Pursuing ?trolls? or, in other words, following ?people? around the forum, for something that was said in other threads, has another name for it. I do hope you get my point. Thanks all. I have learnt a great deal from my experience here. It has also proved a point, which I have been trying endlessly to make to the leaders of departments in government and police. I am now off to write a book about it. Serious or joke? Not sure? Well, that was the first part of the challenge, maybe the next part will help. Part two As part of the challenge I finish by providing you some lyrics, which is supposed to show some of my EDF experience. The music I have used is as follows
Play the music at the same time as reading my lyrics below, so you get the full emotional attachment to my lyrics, which is important. Repeat the task if you feel necessary. Do it properly, emotionally, Frank Sinatra style, right to the end of the music (Don?t skip any). Are you ready for your challenge? Ready, steady... ...Go! [sing it loud d?yer hear!] Respect what all say our way And nowww, the time is here, that I must bringggg, to your attentionnn That I come, on EDF, to not feel fear, of retaliationnnnn I?ve brought, a cup that?s full, of ups and downs along life?s journeyyyy At least, I can reveal, I?ve expressed life myyyyy wayyyyy I take, the bullying here, to gain a voice, for the minority I push the points alongggg, so may get approooved, by the majority My time on here?s been hard, but I endured, what deemed as necessary So at leeeast, I could ensure, to express life myyyyy wayyyyyy Yes there were times, I?m sure you knowwww, when my feelings, did truly showwww But through it allllll, when I feel doubt, at least I feeeel, was worth the clout I faced it alllll, for one and allllll, to express life myyyyy wayyyyy On EDF, I?ve laughed and cried, my only escape, from my own seclusionnn And now, from battles hard, your pursuit of me, has caused confusionnnn Now I think, all that I say, is just a game, for my observerrrrs Out to gain, laughs whatever the cost, till the target witherrrs For what is a life, what have we got, when serious topics, are left to rot! We say the thinggggs, we truly feeeel, and not the worrrds, of ones who kneeeel So the community listens, with good intentions, what we express OURRRRR WAYYYYYY [music break] [gives you time to consider how your actions might have affected some in your targeted game playing. What do you have missing in your own life to feel that you need to do this?] [pause to reflect] RESPECT WHAT ALL SAY OURRR WAYYYYYY [music] [pause to reflect] [END] The end is near for me; I now take a bow at my final curtain. Thank you Frank for the loan of your music. [RIP] I?d like to finish to use this opportunity to thank the ?genuine EDF-ers? for their contribution to a great-ish experience. You are a funny lot, literally, as I definitely have laughed hysterically (with you of course), but I also have cried, but have also gained some good advice and experienced some very special people on here. I am glad that some of my fellow members do make the effort to engage to try and understand a different viewpoint and hope others start doing the same, instead of retaliating. Goodbye... ...for now ;-) P.S Have you guessed? Is this meant as serious or a joke? Have you actually worked out what I am saying accurately? I will leave you to decide. (your perception) [Curtain Closes] [Applause]
