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**Dogman** · November 24th, 2012, 10:06 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb

On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:43:01 GMT, (Harold
Groot) wrote:

[...]
Sigh. It's only Day 1, and already it's appropriate to have a
discussion on what IS and what ISN'T support.

Let me offer a re-phrasing for your consideration.
[...]

With all due respect, Harold, you don't get to make the rules as to
what qualifies as support, and what doesn't.

Doug offered you some good advice, and some very good information, and
already you're biting the hand trying to help you? Why?

If you're intent on doing this your way, period, that's okay. But you
might want to ask yourself where that has gotten you in the past.

And if you want to lay it all out here for everyone to read, you
should at least expect to be constructively criticized if people think
you're going about it the wrong (or less effective) way.

If I were you, I'd worry less about how someone offers you support,
and more about the actual support.

Or, I suppose, you could go on Oprah and get all the hand-holding you
apparently want, but very little information that will actually help
you.

It's up to you, bro'.

BY HIS OWN STANDARDS I FIT INTO THE 2 POUNDS/WEEK CATEGORY. But he
came at me with messages of

He didn't "come at you." He simply offered advice, etc. And in a
rather nice way, I would add.

YOU'RE WRONG - YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL
YOU'RE WRONG - YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL

without even ATTEMPTING to find out if I might actually be RIGHT.

I showed him some ways to get the SAME advice across in a POSITIVE and
SUPPORTIVE way. You seem to be putting in another vote for the
NEGATIVE way.

No, I'm putting in a vote for TOLERANCE. Doug was trying to give you
advice. Period. Either take it or leave it, but biting his hand for
offering it to you seems rather childish (and ungrateful) to me.

Keep doing that and see how much "support" you get in the future.

--
Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman