Beign a Newbie type...
I really shouldn't take sides, as to avoid being hated and/or rejected by a number of people on the board.

But

This QOTW is not just suck, it is also sick. I mean, yay, let's drag up people's most saddening/horrific memories and put them on display for all to see. And saying, "well, they have a choice in the matter whether to post their story or not" is invalid - people like feeling part of a group, and if someone has recently lost a close loved one then they will be especially vunerable to this desire or companionship and "I must fit in" mentality.

Wrong. Just wrong.
( Matoosh would rather like a biscuit, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 19:19, 1 reply)

"and if someone has recently lost a close loved one then they will be especially vunerable to this desire or companionship and "I must fit in" mentality."
Since when does personal grief demand that the world stop going along as normal to grieve with them?
(Musuko, Tue 4 Mar 2008, 16:08, closed)