Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
it's time to call it like it is...
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you are the one who will benefit. not me. i don't need to tell you this information in able to be able to use it wisely myself...
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i might stay here and post the information anyway, even if you decide that you don't want to hear it -- i'm not making my decision totally contingent on you.
As you correctly point out, your continuing participation in discussions here is your decision, not ours. Speaking for myself alone, I have not found anything in any of your posts which is particularly novel or insightful. For that reason, I am skeptical that anything you say in the future might be so. So please, don't feel you must continue to post for _my_ benefit. Personally, were I in your place I would be much more self-centered. I would be asking myself, "am _I_ learning enough to make my participation worthwhile?" If you're not benefiting personally from the list, I would think you shouldn't bother to stick around.