Good grief, give it a rest. I have written Janet a couple of notes marked private and they
have never seen the list. Nita

Edward Raasch wrote:

> Janet,
>
>      I too share in the opinion that you seem to run to "the list" for some
> sort of perceived protection.  You make public an email that was obviously
> meant solely for you.  That is indeed very childish and I wish that you
> would stop!
>
> Edward
>
>                     janet paterson
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>                     Sent by: "Parkinson's        Subject:     Re: Try another tune please
>                     Information Exchange
>                     Network"
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>                     oronto.ca>
>
>                     11/16/99 01:48 PM
>                     Please respond to
>                     "Parkinson's
>                     Information Exchange
>                     Network"
>
> hi all
>
> i offer the following in the spirit of sharing.
>
> janet
>
> At 14:09 1999/11/16 -0500, martha wrote to me:
> >Dear Janet:
> >I am offering the following in the spirit of helpful criticism,
> >not with malice. Please accept it in that spirit.
> >
> >It really is unbecomming and unworthy of you to keep harping
> >on your version of the circumstances of David Boots' departure
> >from the PD list. Especially mean was your focus on letting
> >all the newcomers know the rather slanted details of the
> >happenings of some two years ago. Do give it a rest.
> >
> >I have been a member of this list since 1995 and was present
> >during those days. I have also corresponded with David continuously
> >since then, so I am privy to both sides of this seeming vendetta of
> >yours.
> >
> >Actually, your rather bulky and rigid rules re directing messages
> >to the list have turned a number of us off. Like most of the other
> >members of the health care professions, I am no longer contributing
> >and I am seldom rewarded by any gold among the heaps of dross.
> >This list has drifted far away from the rich source of helpful
> >information it once was.
> >
> >It would be much more profitable if you would focus your attention
> >on the many personal messages that abuse the purpose of the list. You
> >are very good at blasting the snake oil purveyors off the list. Why
> >not do the same for the chronic abusers who persist in sending their
> >personal chatter to the entire world-wide list AND to the archives
> >where they will reside forever.
> >
> >Your device of using a small "i" rather than the traditional
> >capital would seem to indicate a retiring personality with low
> >self-esteem rampant. Obviously that is not the case. Quite the
> >opposite. Your way or off with your head SEEMS to be more the case.
> >It is particularly harmful to encourage the hurtful derisive epithets
> >of "list police" etc., when any of us dares to complain about the flood
> >of nattering trivia that chronically infests the list. As list duenna,
> >you can stop it with gentle but firm reminders of list courtesy. It is
> >unfair to demand that busy professionals who are on the list to learn or
> >offer help "Just delete", while continuing to allow the very abuse that
> >many are complaining about. We have lost many of the voices that have
> >been so helpful in the past. Where is Ida? Doc Faye? Our pharmacist?
> >etc. We don't need another chat room.
> >
> >So count me among the many others who are distressed and grumpy about
> >the direction things are going under your guidance. Your messages from
> >Bermuda revealed a very different personality than we have seen since
> >you returned to Canada. What happened to that delightful person?
> >
> >Trying to understand....
> >Martha
> >
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>
> janet paterson
> 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
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