Hello friends, I've been half reading this thread throughout the day, lots of replies and lots of emotion, read this don't read this; whatever.
There are so many people on both sides of this debate that are in emotional (and physical) pain and so much anger.
When we've lost someone close we are looking for someone to blame (as happened with the discussions we had around the BBC not long ago).
I'm sure I'm repeating something that has been said many times already but this site is not the cause of any conditions that people suffer from. Those that have been abused, discriminated against, laid off, blackmailed, bullied, drowned in debt... None of that happened here.
Those that were failed by care providers, family, friends, neighbours and strangers... None of that happened here either.
The world is a cruel and insidious place for many. I have found understanding and peace here in a way my 'real life' cannot provide and this is a story repeated so many times if we look without judgement.
It is not your right to tell me what to do with my life any more than it is your right to cause me pain and suffering and neglect.
In a world so ugly with hate, and people looking for blame, I seek understanding and redemption and above all kindness to ourselves, each other and the world we're borrowing from the future.
Love is the only thing that can beat hate, and for all of the awful things that life has thrown at me I still choose love, respect and understanding.
Peace brothers and sisters.
DBD