You are so right, Theresa. My wife who has pd and is the reason I started reading the posts, isn't helped one bit by having to read the hateful ravings of the Bush bashers. There must be so many venues to vent one's political thoughts. Why this one had to be ruined for this purpose is beyond me. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Rehtom" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Bush bashing > There is no tolerance here for anyone who disagrees with Ray. That is what > appears to be the problem. There are no values tolerated in discussion > unless they align with Ray's. > > Yes there is an occasional posting allowed that disagrees but if the poster > begins to make statements counter to Ray's beliefs they are soon attacked by > the same group of Bush bashers under the guise of "freedom of speech" and "we > are just searching for a cure" > > No Rick there is no tolerance displayed here only hatred. The suggestion of > filtering does not really work. Why should a person join a list hoping for > Parkinsons information and support and then have to filter out hatred and > blatantly political rantings. Why should a person have to turn on filters to > feel welcome. > > Yes these rantings make her feel good. I'm glad for that. I am unhappy > that she has driven so many people away from this list. Fine caring people were > driven away and even Doctors who were supportive of all and provided balance > when medical advice was flowing. > > I guess we don't need the rejects doctors anyway. There is rarely any > Parkinson's related discussions going on here. There are only the bones of a once > useful list. They only support a few bits of dying flesh now. What a > shame. It takes a whole body to be useful and function. All the organs. All the > muscle. Not just the bones. Just like Parkinson's limits the usefulness of > the body by killing parts off the brain. This list has killed off and > rejected valuable contributors... The only thing left are the feeble shakes, > weakness, delusions, drooling, paranoia and the inability provide support for > others. > > RIP one time useful list... > > Just my observations. Please feel free to disagree. I won't hold it > against you or decree that your opinions are not worthy posting. They are all > worthy. It is just a shame what has happened to this list. > > With Love and Respect for all > > Theresa > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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