What the hell am I doing at the top of the list over there? Um. Hello,
everyone, I guess.

Anyways, I thought I'd eludicate a little more (because you're all so
interested, haha). I explained this in a few of my comments below, but I
certainly don't expect anyone to slog though comments if you're curious.

I originally discovered PFB through the childfree community on Livejournal,
mostly making fun of some of the parent-and-child related letters that had
been posted (no, I'm not trying to stir things up about that community, I'm
just giving some background). I came here expecting to poke a little fun
and, in all honestly, rile some people up. No, not the smartest or most
mature thing to do, but yeah, I'm not the smartest or most mature either.

Anyways, what I didn't expect was to find a community of such decent,
helpful, and intelligent people. I started hanging around more (especially
because it's worksafe and I'm coming to you most definitely from work) and
posting comments for letters on other topics, not just child/parent related
ones. Now I find that I've caused a whole lot of trouble and angered a lot
of people I otherwise would have regretted bothering.

So here I am, caught between my values (as extreme as they may be) and
wanting to make things right. I guess it's your choice if you want to
consider me a decent contributor, but I'm going to make an effort to be
less abrasive and less difficult.

I appreciate everyone's helpful comments. Honestly.

It's more about having some compassion and understanding for fellow human
beings, including parents. I'm a consumer, and when I'm shopping, I
absolutely can't stand listening to someone else's conversation on a cell
phone, but I don't hate that person or tell them they are not allowed to
use their phone in public. Do you talk on a cell phone in public places?

And no, I do not. I don't even have a cell phone, actually.

Compassion is something I generally reserve for face-to-face situations.
The internet by its very nature allows discussion of issues without the
human component.

I thought I made it clear that I don't hate individual people. I dislike
the idea and culture of children and parenting. Do you assume that I hate
my own parents, too?