This forum fails because the forum moderators fail to moderate. there is no question and answer, there is only accusation and counter-accusation from and to people who seem to know each other, and occupy this board therewith. Witness Sharon, Bennison, Babitz, Sticky Stack, et al.
There are those of us , many to count, who have come to this board to find insight, answers to the experience we had, horrible as it is. And yet, and yet. What we find is a never-ending tribe of the stupid, prattling on, trivializing our experience. Is that what you wanted? Yeah, what the stupid want is to trivialize the experience of others. This is not trivial, and lest it happen to you, you'd better listen.
But you won't. you're both stupid and proud. And it will happen to you. Expect my sympathy then.
I will save my compassion for those who fought before time, who respected others before time, who remember. I grew up around people with blue numbers on their arms, who remember the mandate, who remember the sierra maestre '58.
i'm not so old, nor so slow, but I remember what they told me. i remember who they were. I won't forget who you are either.
J.O.M.