Options to unite people on sites- Good conversation

[none-ya]

And by the way ,I don't know what the big godamn deal is with facebook anyway. They same few people,most with different names, same crap. Nobody wanted to talk when fornits went down. I guess that's where people go to talk about themselves.
I'm sure this will get moved  for being way off topic ,but you get my point.

[DannyB II]

LUV YA' DANNY!!

I know, you just show your luv in a detached lonely kind of way.
Thanks anyway.

[DannyB II]

And by the way ,I don't know what the big godamn deal is with facebook anyway. They same few people,most with different names, same crap. Nobody wanted to talk when fornits went down. I guess that's where people go to talk about themselves.
I'm sure this will get moved  for being way off topic ,but you get my point.

What is it with you about Facebook. Is it the social facet that is terrifying to you. See this is exactly what the programs we went through did to us, created a fear of being social.
Hey None Ya, I am hanging in there with ya, I am trying to be social and you want to beat me up.
You are a crazy ole coot...
I am not the enemy my ole friend.

[none-ya]

And by the way ,I don't know what the big godamn deal is with facebook anyway. They same few people,most with different names, same crap. Nobody wanted to talk when fornits went down. I guess that's where people go to talk about themselves.
I'm sure this will get moved  for being way off topic ,but you get my point.

What is it with you about Facebook. It is a social group. Is that it social....None Ya has to be social. Can't give ya one liners then run off.
Hey look at me, I am hanging in there with ya, ya know being social and you want to beat me up.
You are a crazy ole coot.

It's a littlle too late for me  to "get in the ring".  But I do want to thank Wayne for at least answering me when nobody else on fb would.

[Dethgurl]

http://stinkin-thinkin.com/2011/06/25/be-careful/

Felice why you continue to post this is beyond anyone's comprehension. You created the parodies had them talk there and then want to say I had something to do with it. Bravo we are proud of you.
Funny though the only time I talked with this blog was on a LA Times blog.
Thanks though for showing us all once again what a 45 year old whackjob can do when she puts her mind to work.
All anyone has to do is read this blog Stinkin Thinkin and they can see how you and your friends fit right in.
They love to search for anonymous people post them on their site and abuse them.
I really didn't know much about this site till you brought it up with Matt and Wayne months back.

http://http://stinkin-thinkin.com/2011/04/06/meet-diablo-aka-danny-bennison/

The above quotes are from a guy named Danny Bennison, an AA with a spotted history, and a vicious mean streak. Currently, he writes for “McGowdoghouse,” a blog dedicated to this blog’s existence. His handle over there is “heretikreb,” but he is better known among those who peruse our comment section as “Diablo” (also “Cuggle,” and whatever other sockpuppet he may have slinked through our filter). Understanding the context of the quote requires a bit of background information, both of Diablo (Danny) and the recipient of the comment. It all started with Elan School.

Elan is a private school in Maine, dedicated to helping wayward teenagers. It employs a type of therapy known as “therapeutic community,” which makes the 12-steps look like walk through the park. Its most famous alumnus is Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, made famous for the murder of his neighbor, Martha Moxley – an act he committed prior to attending Elan. Like Michel Skakel, most of those housed there are from well-to-do families, with the current annual fees costing upwards of $50,000.

Diablo was at Elan, starting in the mid-seventies, for almost three and a half years. First as a student, and later as a resident staff member. He made quite the impression on the other students, with threads in internet forums dedicated specifically to him, by former students of the school who characterize him with terms such as “monster.” People now in their fifties, were so traumatized by him, that multiple internet sites and forums have been started to help his victims connect and cope.

One such student, Wayne Kernochan, was so traumatized by his experience at Elan School, that he wrote an online book about his and other students’ experiences there – with our resident troll, Diablo, as the central figure in the plot: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School. Among the many abuses chronicled in the book, was a time when Diablo tied a girl up and dragged her behind the back of his car. She was overweight, and this was Diablo’s method of convincing her to lose weight. As horrific as this sounds, it’s an incident to which Diablo fully admits, and for which he has no regrets. This is from an internet forum where Diablo engages his victims:

    “…As far as the dragging incident I am not nor will I be ashamed at programs and the courses it takes, I know that the once Fat Girl thanks me now. I will help any of you lose wight [sic] like here [sic] just call me….”

What kind of sadistic ass-clown ties someone up and drags them around behind the back of a car? And with no remorse. This was written after he had written one of his “amends letters™” to those in this forum whom he had abused. Among the highlights in the amends letter™:

    “Wayne I also want to take this time to apologize for any and all harm I caused you either directly or indirectly. I was put in charge to care for you (whether Elan wanted me to do this or not) I knew that you needed to be protected and I failed horribly.

    I can only hope in time you can see just how sincere I am.

    Now I would also like to take the time to express my sincere apologies to others to have gone to Elan that I was unkind to and down right [sic] rude to over the last year or so. As I have said before I could not have prepared myself enough to understand the impact of emotions that stormed back into my life when I ventured onto this site and others concerning Elan.

    I did not handle the emotions from others well. I can only hope that Felice, Sharon, Matt, Mark, Wayne and others can forgive my intolerable behavior I displayed here and other sites a while back. My ongoing amends to you all has been to leave you alone and to empathize with your pain and how I can irritate this with my behavior.”

Notice his mention of those who he had been “unkind to and down right [sic] rude to.” He’s making reference to his numerous meltdowns and continued degradation toward those who he had abused years ago. Today, most of these have been deleted by forum moderators, but there are still fragments of conversations – responses containing quotes from now deleted posts – which give a fairly clear picture of Diablo’s emotional instability. A quick google search of “Danny Bennison Elan” will give you a treasure trove of sociopathic-like behavior, both from Diablo’s words, and from the accounts of his victims. For years, Diablo has been trolling the forums set up to discuss him. His comments teeter from belligerence to apologetic. From anger, to amends™, and back to anger again. It’s the same bi-polar M.O. he operated under here. Often in the same, slogan-ridden language of AA – using the standard catch words and aphorisms. It makes Bill Wilson’s personality look like the epitome of stability. Diablo is just flat-out crazy.

Every human has a few skeletons in their closet, and has people in their past they may have harmed and taken advantage of — but how many people have treated others so badly, they have forums dedicated to help their victims cope with the abuse that they’ve had imposed on them. Who has been so abusive in their life that someone from thirty years in their past decides to write a book about it? Who has friends in high school refer to them as a “monster”?  How can this possibly be rectified in an amends letter™?

We have debated whether or not to post about this, but we decided to do so for a few reasons. First, Diablo posted his name openly in our comment section, so the question of anonymity on his part was not a problem. We will not disclose anyone’s name publicly, even those with whom we disagree; and even someone as vicious as Diablo.

Secondly, a rumor has started among a couple of people who were vaguely aware of Diablo’s identity, that he was somehow involved in a murder, which is not remotely true. Diablo has done enough to make himself look bad, without any help from false accusations and innuendo. As big of a jerk as Diablo is, even the implication of his involvement in a murder is unconscionable. The truth is that Diablo claims to have been deposed as a witness in the Michael Skakel trial, which is entirely possible, because they were both at Elan School at the same time. There was a question as to whether Skakel had confessed to the murder of Martha Moxley while he was a student at Elan. Diablo’s involvement as a witness (if he actually did testify) was ancillary, and he had no involvement in the incident. It happened well before Skakel had entered the school, or met the other students (including Diablo).

Finally, and most importantly, he has since we banned him, made contact with some of the readers of this blog, whose emails he acquired after contacting them as a member of the community forum. Our primary reason for getting rid of the forum, is because we could not prevent internet predators and trolls from gaining the trust, and potentially harming, other members. Not just with Diablo, but others, as well. If Diabo (or “heretikreb” or “cuggle” or any of his other aliases we are unaware of) has made contact with you, be aware of the type of person you are dealing with. Diablo, Danny Bennison, is a sick person, and he is aptly named.

Diablo has been an AA for over twenty years. He has sponsored people and worked his way through the AA social circle. No doubt those he sat next to in meetings, sponsored, gained trust from, and coached through the program; had no knowledge of his past, and most likely his present. A person who is inclined to drag a girl around on a rope with a car, has problems that stem well beyond drinking. Clearly, just judging from actions here on our blog, his manipulation and abuse never really ended. At least with us, it was simply head games on the internet, which makes him fairly harmless (unless any of you were foolish enough to share email or telephone information). In AA, it is different. This is a person you are told to trust, that his – not your – judgment is what matters. This is who you are asked to give yourself over to. This Diablo is team McGowdog’s, but there are tens of thousands of Diablos throughout AA. This is the guy sitting next to you at a meeting.

- MA

 :deal:

[Ursus]

Mmmm. That's quite a saga there. Sounds like it might just have the makings for another Wayne K. bestseller... I can see it now:

"Elan Community: A Love Never Ending"

by Wayne Kernochan (et al)

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[DannyB II]

"Dethgurl" wrote:

"DannyB II  http://stinkin-thinkin.com/2011/06/25/be-careful/
 
Felice if you add a commercial just before you post about me and accent with some color, I'm sure then we would all believe you. Remember highlites the audience loves highlites.
Come on you know this from all your You Tube training and Casting Parodies of me.
We luv ya girl....tell Kimmy and Matty we miss them.

[none-ya]

Danny, Have you really been an active AA member for over 20+ years? Did you go straight from Elan to AA?

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[Ursus]

I don't tell people who to like or dislike, and I would appreciate the same. If not for me, then do it for the kids in programs. Or has this bullshit become more important?

:tup:

[dragonfly]

[DannyB II]

Guys I have changed from a inexperienced and sensitive internet member who first came here 18 months ago with a whole lot of piss and vinegar. I really don't want to fight anymore or distract from the purpose of this site or any other site.
I felt the need to defend myself.
I will not apologize for what I said here on this thread (the content), I meant every word.
This wholesale attacking of anyone has got to stop. Site owners and admins. should know better, if you don't then get out of this business.
You really think that attacking me is helping your cause?
None Ya, whether this matters to you or not I don't have any ill will towards you, none.
Dragon fly, Wayne, Ursus and the members I hope you will see/know of my discomfort for any and all distraction this had.

I guess I made my point and it is time for me to move on.

[Xelebes]

Isn't the attacking of others part of the therapy you guys endured?  Maybe it would be wise to point that out.  Shouting down people is not ever the answer when approaching these wrongs.

[DannyB II]

Isn't the attacking of others part of the therapy you guys endured?  Maybe it would be wise to point that out.  Shouting down people is not ever the answer when approaching these wrongs.

Yes it is Xelebes. It was a large part of the behavioral modification therapy they made us endure. Intimidation, coercion, violence (boxing ring and spankings), LGAT's (costumes, cutting of the hair and signs) and attack/confrontational therapy groups (Encounter Groups).
I have to be honest here Xelebes, I was a large part of this stupidity (On fornits here) a while back so I will have to watch what I say (pot calling the kettle black) but I am trying my best to get this to stop.

Xelebes wrote:
"Shouting down people is not ever the answer when approaching these wrongs."

Excellent point, thanks.