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Tell us Mr. Shakespeare------

pir8fan
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------------How do you feel about all this DRAMA?

I have thought for a long time that it is better to remaim silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt! To that end I owe apologies to an untold number of people! If you are one of those people, I trust you will recognize yourself and accept my apology! I am afraid that a lot of those people are no longer here! I could name at least one off the top of my head! I will be silent no more! I will make a stand right here and now for what I believe is right!

For a while now It has been all the rage to attack someone for bringing their personal drama to this site! It has always been selective! There are some people you attack and some that you don't! I say if you don't want Drama then be selective in what you read and not who you are critical of! Quitting smoking is a major life change for all of us! It is affected by, and affects everything that happens in our everyday life! For some it is relatively easy and for others it is really a bear! All people are welcome here! The Dramas that affect our personal lives are just as much a part of the journey as the cigarettes that we laid down. Everything plays a role! How could there not be Drama! I know that there have been people embarassed away and sent packing by critics! Drama Critics! There are surely those who believe that this site should be a sterile lab for the sole purpose of demonizing smoking!

Guess what? Ain't happening!! There are real people of all walks of life that come here with real issues that relate to their quit! Do not tell me you are here to help people if you berate any one of these folks! We have people just in the last few days who have problems way beyound their addiction to nicotine! We have a person who cuts themself. We have people with family issues. We have people who have extreme health issues! We have people who use drugs! We have a variety of mental health issues! Hell, we even have a person with pigs flying out of her ass! All of these Dramas are a part of that persons life, and their effort to quit! If you are not going to shut out every one of these people, how dare you shut out even one! I do not care what you say among yourselves in private! However if you have the audacity to reach out and slap down any one who came here for help, and I don't care if it is in public or in private, then I believe there is a seat reserved for you in the front row of hell, and I hope you enjoy the heat!

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