Well put Carol! Thank you for this much needed post.... I too get tired of even those who tout some of the "alturnatives" as "snake oil" Vs. taking an open minded look ..... among other things. Thanks Again, Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:58 AM Subject: Re: Janet's March 11 postings > On the other hand, I sometimes get so sick of the > righteousness and the purity of this listserv... Why are we > so intolerant of each other? I know we are, collectively,in > denial, but let's be honest for a minute. We PWP's are NOT > like other people. We have a tougher row to hoe. The world > judges us on a daily basis. This should be a safe place. Do > we have to judge each other? If someone other than jp wrote > about her fall, would we have shown some kindness? Could it > hurt? Carole Hercun > > --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > > Janet, > > > > What is this? Seventeen (17!) postings from 8:09 > > p.m. to 8:44 p.m.. > > Are you reverting to your prior behavior, you know, the > > behavior that > > resulted in your postings to the list being monitored by > > the list > > administration? > > > > Since your last posting, I have no one else making > > a posting, and it is > > now 5:32 a.m. Have you pushed everyone else off the > > list? And the list has > > been so active recently. > > > > I would refer you to the guidelines on list content > > because it is clear > > that the majority of these postings, such as posting an > > old creative writing > > assignment or a poem by Robert Frost, violate the > > guidelines for this list. > > > > And, I know you won't like this one: please think > > about what you are > > doing here. This is not "normal behavior." I will > > suggest again that you > > consider further psychiatric evaluation and/or treatment. > > You are quite open > > that you have clinical depression; today's posting > > behavior seems to be quite > > manic to me. (I have been diagnosed with bipolar > > affective disorder for a > > long time, and I think I can identify manic behavior when > > I see it/observe > > it.) > > > > I am sorry about your bad fall. How very scary for > > you. But this > > flurry of postings must also be very scary for you. I > > think you are very > > much out of control. I hope you deal with this > > constructively. I don't know > > what the list administration will do with this. I will > > go back to my prior > > practice of deleting your postings without opening them > > and without reading > > them. Sorry. I thought someone needed to say something > > to you and the list. > > Katie > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn