Well said Gail,
There are far too many people writing to the list now
who seem only interested in causing trouble and competing with one another
to
see how many times their names appear on-screen.
I still subscribe to the List because it remains a useful source of PDinfo',
the trouble is, as you say, sorting out the useful contributions from the
rubbish.
I have so far refrained from putting certain peoples' names onto the
Auto-Delete Option of my Mail Provider, in the hope that they might one day
contribute something useful, but if anything the situation has got worse not
better.
So, from now on it's the Auto-Delete trashcan for them, I suggest that all
of you fellow list members who feel the same way do the same, which will
result in no-one receiving the rubbish mail except for the perpetrators
themselves, Perfect!!!
Regards,
Nigel
Age 46 Dx 1989
>
> Joan I couldn't agree more with your post.
>
> I hold our list Mom Barbara Patterson responsible for the
> tone of the list now.
>
> I personally have asked her to intervene when posts
> have gotten personal, mean spirited, attacking and
> nasty but she has chosen not to. There are people
> on this list who need to be shown the door and move on.
>
> I grieve with you, I've lost the positive association
> with this PD support list too.
>
> We all used to hesitate before posting and ask ourselves
> if what we were about to post was relivent to the whole
> PD list and were considerate to all those without voluminous
> time or an adequate amount of dopamine to weed through the
> chaff and find the relivent Parkie stuff... This list has
> become more of a personal chat line than a Parkinson's Support
> List anyway and I feel they abuse this list daily. If fact they
> have surpassed abusing this list and have gotten pleasure
> out of abusing individuals as well.
>
> If we can congratulate the List owner Barbara Patterson for
> all the wonderful things she has done for this list, we can
> also also hold her accountable and point out where she has
> failed this list.
>
> Respectfully,
> Gail Vass, R.N.
>
