Rick - I often send personal mail rather than through the list. i DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF FLAMING - Again. However, I'm not one of those Ned mentioned about name-calling. That is beneath me, but I DO speak my piece. Hope you have a great time with personal messages. Jo Ann On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:49:14 -0400 Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Yes, of course, you're right. Thanks for the reminder. > > I signed up at a religious-topic chat room and was not inspired to > go > back after the first couple visits. If you're expressing your views > to people who you don't know, it doesn't carry the same interest > level. Now that I've made some friends here, the sparks should > really > start flying. Only kidding. > > From now on, I'm going to reply on topics such as > religious/philosophical blah blah using the sender's single email > address, rather than posting for the list. > > Rick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:13 AM > Subject: Separation of Church and PIEN > > > > Like many of you, I have strong feelings about the ultra > conservative > > and Christian trends in America these days. And admittedly, some > issues > > such as stem cell research are relevant to people on the list. > > > > But I cannot help but feel that the discussion on religion and > politics > > has gone too far and is in danger of scaring people away from the > list > > and discouraging some members from actively participating. > > > > So, although I have absolutely no authority to do this, might I > suggest > > that we refrain from arguing about religion and American politics > on > > this list? And that we focus on being the wonderful Parkinson's > support > > resource that PIEN normally is? > > > > If there is a need, I would be willing to consider setting up a > forum to > > talk about issues of religion, politics, etc. Please contact me > off-list > > if you are interested. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Jeffrey > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn