Have you ever noticed that the people who are the most unpleasant on the LJ system always have friends only journals where they give nothing of themselves to the world. I think that, because they are nasty and small, they assume the rest of the planet is also just waiting for the perfect opportunity to cut them in some petty way and all they need is info. They are terrified of having to reap what they sow.
I don’t take a negative word seriously from anyone who has to hide. Does anybody take cowards like that seriously???
I always liked the philosophy of asking yourself, at the end of each day, if anyone is now somehow better off because you passed their way. I can’t even get my head around how awful it must be to be the sort of person where no one is ever happier because they passed their way. Sometimes I’m really glad I’m not other people.