posted September 29, 2007 10:23 AM         

we unwittingly start to take sides

Whose side is God on?

No-body's.

To understand all is to forgive all

I hereby withdraw myself from any involvement in any of this.

If people want support or a shoulder to cry on, it's probably best done in confidentiality and not within these circus settings......

posted September 29, 2007 02:41 PM         

I have done the same thing in the past.

The problem on forums such as this is that it's not always easy to see and distinguish who is the victimized and who is the victimizer.

Easy to see that when people are overtly agressive. Very hard to see it with covertly agressive people who employ manipulation and distortions of the truth as a means of working out their revenge or whatever they are working out on other people.

I honestly prefer overtly agressive people to the covertly agressive "Violent Sheep." The overt agressors are at least honest. I have to give them that much. There is nothing more dishonest in my mind than a lifestyle of manipulation as a means of getting what you want from others and achieving personal agendas.

Overt agressive people are much easier to deal with for that reason.

It's just all the inward divisions in human beings, LTT and the ego being in control due that inward division. It also deals with the psychological make-up of people. Way too much for us to attempt to sort out.

You have a good heart and good intentions to help and that is all that matters, LTT. Even when you misjudge others or the situation it not intentionally.