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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> [...]
>
>> I'm trying to stand up for myself as I'M AT THE END OF MY FUCKING
>> TETHER HERE.
>>
>> ALL YOU PEOPLE WANT TO DO IS JUST TRASH EVERYTHING I'VE DONE.
>>
>> EVERY SINGLE THING I SAY IS WRONG.  NOTHING I SAY IS EVER
>> RIGHT.  WHATEVER IT IS I SAY, YOU SAY THE OPPOSITE THING.
>>
>> MY SELF-ESTEEM HAS NEVER BEEN LOWER - YOU HAVE DESTROYED ME.
>
> [...]
>
> Bart, if this is sincere, please consider stepping away from
> comp.lang.c for a while.  I have no motivation for this post other
> than concern for your well-being.

If any poster shows signs of being enormously distraught by
exchanges in a newsgroup (and comp.lang.c specifically), I hope
other participants would notice that and consider disengaging
with that poster for some period of time, not only for the sake
of the distraught poster but also for the benefit of the rest of
the group.