Tao

[Fang]

now seems like a great time to remind folks that unity100 considered returning but decided against it bc of zm

"i thank you for efforts - this event has helped me conclude my
thoughts in this returning or not returning to b4 forum subject. it
seems the most graceful option is to either create or find a forum and
contact the people who are interested in this kind of 'bullshit'." ~Unity

And the reason he left in the first place was because of the following.

i will not be participating here anymore, due to the immense difference in between my understanding and the understanding of politeness as expressed/expected in american culture. i think that things like telling things in roundabout ways to appear you are not telling what you are actually telling, refraining from telling what you actually think, evading expressing things that are already obvious but undesirable by society, and similar other things that are required by anglo-american political correctness, are dishonest and detriments on the path of spiritualism. its all about feel-good by make-believe and pretend.

i see that this is creating a lot of problems with the general percentage of participants in this environment, and problems for those who are maintaining this environment.

as i am not at all willing to let go of honesty for purposes of a social group finding me agreeable or harmonious, i am ceasing participation in this forum to evade problems. and no, i dont at all think that such fakery is compassion/politeness/caring either. nothing fake can ever be positive, nomatter how beautifully worded or redefined.

therefore, i thank participants for their discussions up till this point, and all the effort that went into this social environment. i may not be responding to responses made to me in this topic.