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[Wash. state Desk Jet]

135. In just about every set of rules there is on occasion exception to the rule.

In this particular case for instance there guidelines and confidentiality in given discussions is more or less guided by the trust factor. Some mirt members believe a trust was violated .and it will appear the trust is more of less an unwritten rule of thumb because one mirt member believed a common trust involving the community as whole was violated. So he brought it the community as a matter of transparency.

It's problematic as was the posters post which was the topic of discussion.Some of the mirt team seemed to indicate a ban for the poster was in order. This caused a division of opinions .
And isn't there lots of that on DU and most anywhere else ?

Some members of the du community think a certain member should apologize to the community and the president for using foul and abusive language as a means to express anger and discomfort.The topic was health care and or the lack of .

I read that certain persons post and I must say the heading -that slander got me to thinking- he must be wanting to be jettisoned right out of the community post haste.

But than I read what he was on about and when I read into it I saw he was not just stark raving angry, he was deeply hurt and scared for his wife. Know what a panic attack is ?

Sure I had to look at his number of posts over the years. And than I thought, sometimes the GD is like one big happy support group and this is a member who is calling out in distress.This is SOS. Message received.

I guess that's my way of reading into things and I think I read it right.I think so because of the tremendous care and concern replies that came along as the thread progressed.And of course some of the members were shocked to his thread with that top line .The words were as rough as it gets, kind of like a shock wave.

But to those who were shocked and even outraged, can you imagine that ongoing -just keeps on coming like the eveready battery bunny ?

Because that is how it is a panic attack takes hold as I understand it.
And it's a good thing there are members in this community that understand it. that's a real good thing.

Sometimes there are certain exceptions to the rule, and everybody isn't going to like it.
But it is the way it is.

If that certain poster wants to address the community about it, he will when he's ready, and if not, that's ok too.

Now there issues with mirt- so it escalated ,but it can be fixed. And thats politics,

Du'er's through care and concern made something very good happen. Through all controversy the dispute and the outrage the good outweighs the bad.

It can be fixed.And the community will continue to grow and evolve.