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Hi Rick and Marla and Good Evening to All, I am of course guilty of overfocussing on the stem cell issue, we'd all be "happier"if Geo. Dubya would make up his mind... Heaven knows I'd much rather report good news like a CURE or a new therapy or an improved medication or something FREE, but everytime I type Parkinson's in the scan headlines box on the NEWSWIRES.... whattaya think I get???? I get hundreds of new stories every day almost ALL on the stem cell issue.... (if it's got half the potential they claim...) I don't discriminate... I report both sides of the debate.... (and only a few of the hits - 139 today alone) And I've read some extremely convincing well written stuff from both viewpoints.... This is BIG 'n it ain't easy... Typing in Parkinson's +cure draws a blank every time.... And the elusive 5 years?? Workin' on my 4th. one of those... Somedays I do have to remind myself about lucky and cheerful... All the best .......... murray On 9 Jul 2001, at 11:13, Rick Hermann wrote: > Wow, Marla Gillham, just read your post about what the list should be. I > don't agree but found your writing very spirited. As for exchanging > information and not chat, I've been hanging around the parkinsn listserv > for a while now and gotta ask: How many "informational" posts on the > stem-cell controversy can we really stand, let along read? It's the > sometimes chatty, sometimes confessional, sometimes angry posts that > reflect our humanness that make the list click. This includes your > message. I hope you're doing okay and get some good feedback. As you > have probably gathered, the issue of what the list should be has come up > in the past, on a fairly regular basis. I personally don't believe > there's any "should", aside from asking that listmembers who post > messages employ basic civility and mutual respect for one another's good > intentions. For the most part, that happens. Take care, Rick Hermann 50 > years old, dx at 47 [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn