From: Matthew Vincent    
      
   On Wednesday, 19 June 2013 02:23:28 UTC+12, Cheryl Martin  wrote:   
   > http://fjordstone.com/rastb5mod/   
   >    
   >It has been a while since we've posted    
   >the FAQs for this newsgroup.  So here    
   >they are!  Same as they have been for    
   >nearly 2 decades!    
      
   Yes, the rules have been fair and consistent for a long time.    
      
   Cheryl, I'm hoping to get something off my chest and clear the air with you and   
    Jay. I hope I wasn't too much trouble, but I'm conscious of the fact that my   
   persistence with several topics, going back many years, was socially   
   inappropriate.    
      
   I have a Masters in forensic psychology, and I was accepted into the   
   postgraduate course to train to be a clinical psychologist. I was unable to   
   cope with the workload (which is pretty intense, like medical school), and thus   
    I was unable to complete the course. Several clinical psychologists noticed my   
    difficulties and referred me to a colleague for therapy and evaluation.    
      
   As a result of this process, I've been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a   
   disability which impairs my social skills. It is common for people with   
   Aspergers to have persistent thoughts about a particular topic, especially if   
   this has been triggered by negative personal experiences in childhood.    
      
   If what I'm saying here sounds like gibberish, that's good. I'm hoping I wasn't   
    too much of a nuisance to deal with. In hindsight, I should have taken the   
   hint faster. But since I have Aspergers, I instead read the FAQ and took it   
   literally. The FAQ didn't say "Posts on politics, social issues or sensitive   
   material may be rejected, at the discretion of the moderators." Obviously this   
   is the policy, and Neurotypicals (i.e. people without Aspergers) could probably   
    figure this out for themselves without needing to see it in writing in an FAQ.   
       
      
   Also, I believe that JMS has used Babylon 5 to address real-life social issues,   
    thus my purpose in choosing a Babylon 5 newsgroup to talk about them. However,   
    I now have a better understanding of why you might pre-emptively reject posts   
   on certain topics in order to avoid me provoking a flame war, or triggering   
   other readers with sensitive material. I inadvertently put you in a difficult   
   position, and you handled it as best you could.    
      
   Okay, this post is long enough now. Just wanted to get this off my chest. I'll   
   try really hard to do better from now on.    
      
   Kind regards,    
   Matthew    
      
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
    * Origin: Deep Thought (1:2320/101)