People with internet experience should recognize a plea for attention when they see one. Here's how it works: Valued blogger/BBS participant decides for whatever reason they are under appreciated/not getting enough attention so they post a long message about how they are leaving/can't take it any more, etc...

This was never particularly serious, but instead merely meant to prompt what comes next -- the pleas to stay -- the emails, the private messages, the public postings...all very gratifying for the drama queen and very soothing and affirming to the ego. Sometimes this even prompts an "I never really meant it, I just said what I did to make YOU all look into yourselves...I'm glad you benefited"-type of message on the queen's return.

There are always people who wish the drama queen (not necessarily female) really meant it, but this is simply another benefit of the queen's show -- getting to know who her friends really are, and forcing her friends to take her even more seriously (and treat her even more gently) in the future.

Cindy Sheehan bears many of the characteristics of Fragile Femme, Bliss Ninny, Pinko, Issues and especially Ego.