Discussion of blindness

[snotface]

Dodger, you say you have received 'a very thoughtful and well-worded message from kkjason' which naturally intrigues me since he is the only board member, as far as I know, to have known Matt and he clearly states in the post I quoted that Matt 'lost his vision.' Fine if you don't want to publish it but that only leaves me room to speculate. If he is now saying that Matt only lost most of his vision, that ties in with what Matt has said himself (if I recall rightly) that he can still make out approximate shapes but no detail. If so, that's quite bad enough to make cheap jibes implying that he is making the whole thing up right out of order in my opinion.

[Dodger]

Dodger, you say you have received 'a very thoughtful and well-worded message from kkjason' which naturally intrigues me since he is the only board member, as far as I know, to have known Matt and he clearly states in the post I quoted that Matt 'lost his vision.' Fine if you don't want to publish it but that only leaves me room to speculate. If he is now saying that Matt only lost most of his vision, that ties in with what Matt has said himself (if I recall rightly) that he can still make out approximate shapes but no detail. If so, that's quite bad enough to make cheap jibes implying that he is making the whole thing up right out of order in my opinion.

Whatever you're comfortable believing is what you should continue believing. No one is telling you to change your mind.

[cdnmatt]

Whatever you're comfortable believing is what you should continue believing. No one is telling you to change your mind.

Then can you please put me on ignore, and [Deleted text] out of my life? If you want to have a complex over me, then that's on you, not me. I really don't care. If I could stop being blind, trust me, I would be more than happy to do that.

I have no idea who KKJason even is, but he pegged the location of where I lived correctly, so he obviously knew me. That's no real surprise, because I knew loads of people in Khon Kaen, and I know even more people knew me. That's one of the things I enjoyed about living there. Whether you like it or not, you're part of the community, and everyone is going to know about you. I much prefer that over the isolationist nature of Western society.

Whether you like me or not, I'm not going to stop posting here, because it's not like I can just go down to the local pub and talk about fucking the Pizza Hut delivery boy in Kohn Kaen. That conversation tends not to go over well.

So please put me on ignore, and [Deleted text] out of my life. I don't put anyone on ignore, because I'm not so shallow as to block out view points I don't like. However, this complex some of you have over me and whether or not I'm blind has to stop, as it's not mentally healthy behaviour. Please just ignore me, and [Deleted text]..

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Jellybean
Moderator

[Dodger]

Fine if you don't want to publish it but that only leaves me room to speculate.

This is "Life". There's always room to speculate.

Word of advice: If common sense can't take you there - then don't go there.

Snotface, you've already voiced your opinion regarding this topic (matt, and his blind stories) which no one has a right to criticize. I'm certainly not. On-the-other-hand, I think it's time for you to acknowledge that other people have same level of freedom of choice that you have. That door swings both ways.

We're all faced with a broad range of characters on public forums like this and ultimately have to decide which people we feel comfortable holding discussions with, and which people we don't. This just comes with the territory and something I'm quite confident you understand. I personally don't like Trolls (or people who use multiple handles), because they only do this for one reason - and that's to create confrontations and draw negative attention to themselves which they feed on. I have no use for idiots like this...never have. This is my opinion and my prerogative.

Regarding members using the "Ignore" function: This is a tool that the Board Owner provides to all members to allow them to block comments coming from someone they prefer not listening to. No one here has the right to criticize any member for using this function. I have, for the first time in 20 years of posting, decided to use this function to avoid seeing the comments from one particular member who, in my opinion, is a troll who uses multiple handles. I have never once made an attempt to convince others to do the same, nor will I. Again, this is my prerogative.

Personally, I'd much rather be talking about BOYS...SEX...ADVENTURE, and maybe some advice on where to buy some good pancake mix over here, than all this trivial nonsense.