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See, the thing is, if I'm doing something wrong and was not aware of it, and somebody told me to stop and I verify that I am, in fact, doing something wrong, then I would stop.
On the other hand, if I'm doing something wrong and I know I'm doing something wrong and somebody told me to stop, and refused to, then I would be afraid of the billion dollar company filing suit because I know I'll lose.
But the fact of the matter is that I am not doing anything wrong. I am excercising my rights of freedom of speech without defaming Proactiv or Guthy-Renker by telling the "facts" of my experience with Proactiv products.
I'm not a stubborn person nor am I doing this out of anger. I truly do feel strongly about what happened to me and I would hate for anyone to go through what I went through. It was painful both emotionally and physically. I was depressed and changed my whole lifestyle completely (i.e. partied all the time to stayed home all the time, hung out in the city to stayed home all the time, went to gym daily to stayed home all the time). I separated myself from my friends and the things I loved to do most. I know what it felt like and nobody has to go through what I went through...NOBODY!
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