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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 49944" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>MM, I have a father with an obsessive type personality. When he was a younger man his obsessions would typically be on various projects (building stuff, raising horses, etc.). At one point in his life those obsessions branched out and also hit on things like religions (several, and always that of the woman he was dating) and political causes. I've lost track of the various political causes but they include things like Y2K and terrorism, and his current one is immigration. Later he was diagnosed with cancer and his theme for that year was how he whipped it and he never passed up a chance to elaborate on it when he was on the phone or saw me in person.</p><p></p><p>My brother and I both finally blocked his email because of all the junk he would forward (and wouldn't quit with polite requests). Once my brother got so disgusted that he took all the junk he'd mailed in a week (about 30) and forwarded them back to him, knowing that he didn't have broadband and it would take an age to download. Even that only stopped him for a short time period.</p><p></p><p>Most of the time his fanaticism has been merely a huge pain to be around--honestly most of his issues have basis in legitimate concerns but he *always* takes them so far to the extreme that no one can stand it except for his kindred spirits. I think his fanaticism must fill a real void in his life, both socially and in giving him a sense of purpose. For instance, in the year leading up to Y2K he was meeting regularly with a group to prepare for the collapse of the world as we know it. Once (that I know of) it did go beyond and got him into legal trouble in the form of a restraining order against a government official he wouldn't quit writing to in what must have been in a threatening manner. </p><p></p><p>I've never really thought of it but I'd guess that fanaticism of most kinds-even that which brings around positive changes--can't be easy for families to deal with. Can you imagine what the mothers of the founders of our nation would have been posting? "Egads--you can't imagine what my Georgie just did! My son the political zealot..."</p><p></p><p>Hang in there, he'll likely tone down. If it wouldn't have been this woman and this particular issue, it probably would have been something else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 49944, member: 701"] MM, I have a father with an obsessive type personality. When he was a younger man his obsessions would typically be on various projects (building stuff, raising horses, etc.). At one point in his life those obsessions branched out and also hit on things like religions (several, and always that of the woman he was dating) and political causes. I've lost track of the various political causes but they include things like Y2K and terrorism, and his current one is immigration. Later he was diagnosed with cancer and his theme for that year was how he whipped it and he never passed up a chance to elaborate on it when he was on the phone or saw me in person. My brother and I both finally blocked his email because of all the junk he would forward (and wouldn't quit with polite requests). Once my brother got so disgusted that he took all the junk he'd mailed in a week (about 30) and forwarded them back to him, knowing that he didn't have broadband and it would take an age to download. Even that only stopped him for a short time period. Most of the time his fanaticism has been merely a huge pain to be around--honestly most of his issues have basis in legitimate concerns but he *always* takes them so far to the extreme that no one can stand it except for his kindred spirits. I think his fanaticism must fill a real void in his life, both socially and in giving him a sense of purpose. For instance, in the year leading up to Y2K he was meeting regularly with a group to prepare for the collapse of the world as we know it. Once (that I know of) it did go beyond and got him into legal trouble in the form of a restraining order against a government official he wouldn't quit writing to in what must have been in a threatening manner. I've never really thought of it but I'd guess that fanaticism of most kinds-even that which brings around positive changes--can't be easy for families to deal with. Can you imagine what the mothers of the founders of our nation would have been posting? "Egads--you can't imagine what my Georgie just did! My son the political zealot..." Hang in there, he'll likely tone down. If it wouldn't have been this woman and this particular issue, it probably would have been something else. [/QUOTE]
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