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<blockquote data-quote="Jabborwacky" data-source="post: 6876446" data-attributes="member: 98608">Harassment issues get complicated by the importance of understanding the background of those involved, whether the messages are from a person or an automated source, the factors leading up to the supposed harassment, etc. Your doubt isn't unhealthy, but victims of harassment usually don't become apparent until they've already experienced significant emotional trauma. There is a big difference between mere offensiveness and the pathological practices of a harasser heaped upon a victim. The fact remains that questioning an honest victim of harassment in that state is taking the risk of worsening the harassment victim's condition. Depending on the severity of the harassment, it could be days or weeks before they are in any mental state to answer questions about the incident. The risk of accidentally worsening the condition of a victim far outweighs any consideration of whether they are lying or not at the time.To put it bluntly, harassment is almost always the art of turning human social situations into a weapon against a victim. A group of people crowding into question the victim is precisely what the attacker wants, because the victim is usually in a mental state incapable of understanding the difference between inquiry and criticism. Thus, your questions begin a cycle of self destruction, as the victim retaliates, bystanders, not fully understanding the gravity of the situation, retaliate back. You become the attacker's newest weapon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jabborwacky, post: 6876446, member: 98608"] Harassment issues get complicated by the importance of understanding the background of those involved, whether the messages are from a person or an automated source, the factors leading up to the supposed harassment, etc. Your doubt isn't unhealthy, but victims of harassment usually don't become apparent until they've already experienced significant emotional trauma. There is a big difference between mere offensiveness and the pathological practices of a harasser heaped upon a victim. The fact remains that questioning an honest victim of harassment in that state is taking the risk of worsening the harassment victim's condition. Depending on the severity of the harassment, it could be days or weeks before they are in any mental state to answer questions about the incident. The risk of accidentally worsening the condition of a victim far outweighs any consideration of whether they are lying or not at the time. To put it bluntly, harassment is almost always the art of turning human social situations into a weapon against a victim. A group of people crowding into question the victim is precisely what the attacker wants, because the victim is usually in a mental state incapable of understanding the difference between inquiry and criticism. Thus, your questions begin a cycle of self destruction, as the victim retaliates, bystanders, not fully understanding the gravity of the situation, retaliate back. You become the attacker's newest weapon. [/QUOTE]

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