That's fair enough Ron and a very good point you make about 'hiding' the truth. Personally, I think it works sometimes to let people arrive at their truth in their own time, rather than force feeding medication. Also, in my view, epiphanies come in all sorts of different shapes/situations and whilst pain may be necessary for the birth of some, that does not make it a prerequisite for all.Ron Burgunihilo wrote:What you are saying is quite reasonable and I strongly sympathize with it, yet I find myself observing that just those sorts of sentiments may be used to rationalize the perpetual obfuscation of the truth. I'll let others more qualified than I judge whether Vraith's delivery was apropos to the audience. But as someone who has spent years in therapy himself, I admire the courage and honesty of Vraith's remarks, and suspect that his intuition is more reliable than may immediately be apparent. An epiphany that is painless is no epiphany at all.
In any case, it is impolite to speak of those I do not know on such intimate terms, even if a spectacle has already been made of the situation. I wish everyone well.
As for aproposnessness (yes it's a word), I think a certain fragility was already apparent and the receiver's response perhaps indicated something of its appropriateness. Though, as you imply, I may be unqualified to make these assumptions! My motivations boil down to erring on the side of caution when it comes to harming others.
And apologies Vraith, if as Ron seems to be suggesting, this is impolite towards you, although you seem big and 'bad' enough to handle it!
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