Why is scepticism inappropriate on the SOAROZ mailing list?
A. The overreaction described in the previous answer is part of the reason. Over-reaction leads to flame wars and group pain. But it goes further. Every internet group is for the transmission of information. Most of that information is factual, intellectual. But there are groups, including SOAROZ, whose primary intent is to fulfil the emotional needs of the Net community. Because its purpose is weighted more toward fulfilling emotional needs than the intellectual ones, in a milieu such as SOAROZ it is inappropriate to shout down or invalidate a survivor’s story. The risk of causing real hurt to a real survivor far outweighs the risk of allowing someone to “get away with telling lies for attention”. Sceptics are the one who need “hard evidence.” Unfortunately, in most cases of abuse, hard evidence is difficult or impossible to come by. Probably because our experience, as survivors, has made the likelihood of all forms of abuse far too credible, survivors appear to be gullible or even ea
