Amazing... You have just joined the group you suggested trade insults and don't belong on this list. This problem must have existed long ago and since I was not here then I take it you were not referring to me as a Parasite. By the way I am all for cessation of this nonsense. However I will no longer sit idly by and let the vocal minority insult religions, personal beliefs, the president and our country. As far as I am concerned this list should strictly adhere to exchanging information useful to Parkinson's, their caregivers and those interested in helping as well as medical professionals who wish to comment or gather information. It should refrain from encouraging one sided activism and one sided political agendas. You can not open it up to limited activism that supports only certain issues. You can not expect to consistently post "informational" articles critical of peoples beliefs and politics and expect not to have backlash. You can not expect people to remain silent when their deeply held beliefs are routinely insulted in the name of freedom of speech. You cannot allow a constant barrage of one sided opinions and then say to stop when there is a response from the other side. You cannot limit informational articles to only the liberal press and yellow journalist. You cannot offer credibility to only to left wing groups and not expect conservatives to respond in kind. You just can't let a Donkey or an Elephant "into the house for just a bit" and not expect a mess.... Frank cg. Teri 52/47/40 15024 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Harland" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:49 PM Subject: List Parasites revisited > A few years ago when this list was going through another bout of name calling and badmouthing I wrote a message entitled "List Parasites" which essentially suggested that there were some people on this list whose only contributions seemed to consist of insulting others and getting some warped satisfaction from seeing their insults on screen. > Well,here we are in 2004, and it's happening again. > In my opinion these people ( they know who they are ) should have the decency to take themselves off -list for a while and take time-out to recall what this list was set up for in the first place. which certainly was not to provide a platform for trading insults. > > Nigel Harland age 49 dx34 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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