Well I'm certainly not addicted to conflict. I just happen to like it an awful lot.
Actually, that's not quite true. If a discussion happens to stray into an area in which I feel I can contribute due to some little knowledge of the subject, or just plain interest, then I will feel I can fight my own corner. Often this can lead to cockiness, particularly due to the essentially faceless, one step removed nature of internet forums, and though I try to overcome this in myself out of a desire not to cause unnecessary offence, there are times when my mood doesn't allow for it. This is just in my nature. However, as the recent unpleasantness showed all too well, where there is obvious ill will and conflict I prefer to lie low and not make waves, particularly so in recent months as my depressive episodes completely destroy my self-confidence.
Hope that isn't too off topic.
Actually, that's not quite true. If a discussion happens to stray into an area in which I feel I can contribute due to some little knowledge of the subject, or just plain interest, then I will feel I can fight my own corner. Often this can lead to cockiness, particularly due to the essentially faceless, one step removed nature of internet forums, and though I try to overcome this in myself out of a desire not to cause unnecessary offence, there are times when my mood doesn't allow for it. This is just in my nature. However, as the recent unpleasantness showed all too well, where there is obvious ill will and conflict I prefer to lie low and not make waves, particularly so in recent months as my depressive episodes completely destroy my self-confidence.
Hope that isn't too off topic.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
