tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774599691512328536.post1968712442688816660..comments2024-03-17T18:16:50.260+11:00Comments on Mr Bagel: Though I walk through the valley of Self Haters and Tin Foil hat wearers I fear no evil.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774599691512328536.post-9378419900264433992007-04-17T12:23:00.000+10:002007-04-17T12:23:00.000+10:00Aussie Dave - until the last year or so I wasnt ev...Aussie Dave - until the last year or so I wasnt even aware of the JIB awards let alone the drama. <BR/><BR/>I have been blogging for about 4 years now and just in the last year my therapist encouraged me to start joining some blog aggregators and spending more time on my personal blog rather than my <A HREF="http://abusesanctuary.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Domestic Violence Information blog</A> In fact, she found JBlogs for me!! I am really not a shameless self promoter (even though I did nominate myself this year... hey what the heck)<BR/><BR/>I sorry for what you went through Aussie Dave. Unfortunately, a lot of people of all stripe feel very powerful behind a keyboard and will mock, ridicule, defame and malign others. Its a big net, IMHO and there's room for everyone - if we could just be cordial to each other. (color me Pollyanna?)<BR/><BR/>I have been attacked by abusers who are mad that I give information to their wife or boyfriend about emotional abuse, I have been attacked by people I thought were my friends - mostly those who are pathologically competitive, I have been attacked for my coversion (you know I will NEVER be a REAL Jew in many peoples eyes) and I have been attacked for just existing. I was a consultant on a board for abused women and when I tried to step in to an online fight and say "can we just take our toys to our own corners and stop?" because I was worried how the fighting was triggering the women there... guess what happened? My children were threatened, I got threatening messages in the mail and email and swore out a Federal C&D - something I did not want to do but HAD to.<BR/><BR/>So AussieDave if I had known I would just hold your head up and do what you know is best & right and speak your truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774599691512328536.post-71715616849188718292007-04-11T22:46:00.000+10:002007-04-11T22:46:00.000+10:00Thanks BarbarraAussie Dave: Hi Dave, this is a rep...Thanks Barbarra<BR/><BR/>Aussie Dave: Hi Dave, this is a <B>repost</B> of an article I found through google searching I ended up deleting my previous blog when I recieved a particularly virulent series of hate comments.<BR/><BR/>As you didn't know this, I can understand where your coming from.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately most people also didn't realise that I have never actually seen a JIB awards run, I've only been blogging just under a year.<BR/><BR/>As I have <B>never seen a JIB's</B> before or had the pleasure of participating in one, I of course could hardly of come to your defense when you were being attacked.<BR/><BR/><EM>Which is probably why I might not of known about a certain designer doing a certain design.</EM><BR/><BR/>Any way I see you weren't to shy in assumning I knew about 'the designer', as you haven't been to shy in asking why I didn't defend you.<BR/><BR/>To be honest Dave, I dont always act as fast as I should, but in the context, if I had been around and thought you were an innocent party, simply tryng to make a difference then yes I hope I would have come to your defense.<BR/><BR/>I certainly would hope I would not leap to any conclusion and imply you had done something wrong not knowing the full facts.<BR/><BR/>Dave, as I feel you will fully understand, the chances of me doing any 'volunteer' work for the JIB's, or like organisations in the blogging world is seriously doubtful<BR/><BR/>I'll help my friends, maybe even the not so friendly on an <EM>individual</EM> basis. But helping out with something such as the JIB's fat chance. <B>Never again.</B>[I'm not big noting myself,its how I feel now, I expect you might feel similarly]<BR/><BR/>Why would you spend hundreds of hours, only so people who never contribute but only criticize can do exactly that, criticize.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry Dave, you can count on my support if I feel you've been wronged in the future, but as for the past before my time, well the answer there is obvious.<BR/><BR/>Shalom AaronMr Bagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983605031622179624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774599691512328536.post-42141569342090005502007-04-11T19:08:00.000+10:002007-04-11T19:08:00.000+10:00Good on for you standing up. Just not sure why you...Good on for you standing up. Just not sure why you chose not to stand up when Aussie Dave who started the JIBs with the best of intentions was vehemently criticized, mocked, and accused of corruption and impropriety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774599691512328536.post-75791063422512624632007-04-09T23:07:00.000+10:002007-04-09T23:07:00.000+10:00I've been following UOJ for a long time now... and...I've been following UOJ for a long time now... and as an Anti-Interpersonal Abuse Advocate now I give him a LOT of credit. He wins the CHUTZPAH award.<BR/><BR/><EM>You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your friend, and you shall not bear sin upon him (Vayikra 19:17).</EM><BR/><BR/>Always amazes me how abusive people of all stripe try to cover up their actions or sweep it away. <BR/><BR/>I pray some of the victims of those exposed by UOJ find some peace. The PTSD can last forever. The shame and guilt they carry doesn't belong to them. <BR/><BR/>UOJ is doing those predators a favor and they don't know it. By rebuking them he's giving them a chance to get right with Hashem, their victims and themselves.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for standing up Mr. Bagel.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I'll have mine with Cream Cheese & Chives please... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com