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Re-posted, to the List, with the permission of Nancy. Best, Bob ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Robert A. Fink, M. D. <[log in to unmask]> To: nancy <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: morning Date sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:50:53 -0800 Date sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:50:55 -0500 From: nancy <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: morning > Dr. Fink I don't understand sometimes the paranoia totally. Maybe > it's is anger, maybe it is a neuro disease playing havic on one's > brain, maybe it's the holidays stress. Don't know. All I know is the > fighting will stop. Many thanks, Nancy. I don't think that the "jokes" which are posted by some are due to their illness. I think that they have their prejudices and insensitivities "built-in". I think that we all have such. What is angering for me is to see these people, when they are told that their remarks are offensive, insisting on continuing them. Lord knows, I have probably made insensitive remarks in the past (and will probably do it in the future); but when someone "calls me" on this, I will step back and listen, modifying my behavior when indicated. Prejudicial and demeaning remarks have no place in a free society. While I do not have PD, I have also experienced insensitive treatment, especially when I was a young boy. I was a little bit "chunky" and tended to be somewhat "cerebral" (rather than "macho"), and I was jeered as the "fatso" who was a "Mama's boy" and "teacher's pet". It took many years (and a pretty effective time as a home-run-hitting baseball player in school) to change some of those attitudes; but they still hurt, after all of these years. That is why I am so tenacious on this subject and will not stop being so. I have four children (all daughters) and two stepchildren; and they have all been trained to be sensitive towards others; and hopefully, the next generation will do better than mine. I wanted to send this note to the List; but since you posted it privately, I kept it private. If you would not mind, I would suggest that perhaps you should forward your message and my response to the List, as I think that it covers some ground that has not yet been covered. I shall, however, leave that up to you. Best, Bob ------- End of forwarded message ------- ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************