From: EM ( -96.226.36.35)
Subject: Re: To everyone - thanks and apology
Date: May 4, 2008 at 6:44 am PST
In Reply to: Re: To everyone - thanks and apology posted by Jo Stepaniak on May 4, 2008 at 4:25 am:
"and we cannot "blame" anyone else for causing us to feel a certain way lest we try to divest ourselves of that ownership."
I'm a strong proponent for ownership. I did NOT "blame" anyone. If you reread what I said, you'll see that "I allowed" the words to get to me. Apparently, the common belief is that I shouldn't have and yet I did.
I understand and appreciate the apologies, knowing there was no intent to directly hurt me, yet simply knowing people here feel that way still disturbs me. I own that. No one else.
There may be, and for me are, reasons to deny treatment for cancer but "self-caused" is not one of them. Treatment should be denied by oneself, no one else and for no other reason.
I apologize for the hurt I caused because of the hurt I feel. I'll return when Marilyn does.
