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Nothing subtle - it's just that celebrating 40 years existence means celebrating 40 years of failing to find a cure, so I think celbrating unsuitable. Wonder if someone's lost focus. Amanda. Quoting Sophie Macleod-Whitehouse <[log in to unmask]>: > WHAT IS THIS EMAIL ABOUT ? I KNOW ITS A BOUT PARKINSONS DISEASE BUT WHAT IS > ABOUT CELEBRATING/FAILURES CAN SOME ONE EXPLANE PLEASE ? > > > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:14:43 -0700 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Celebrating what ? failure? > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Good for you, Amanda! We all need to start pushing (and a little yelling > > doesn't hurt either)....not just the English PD Society but to everyone > who > > just shrugs us off. We have to be squeaky wheels. > > > > Sami > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > > > > > From: [log in to unmask] > > > > Date: 1/25/2010 3:10:36 AM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: Celebrating what ? failure? > > > > > > > > Oh, I'm a supporter, but more an impatient than a patient; > > > > all being patient has ever got me is a lot of waiting (& sometimes > ignored). > > > > My New Year resolution was to start pushing. > > > > Amands > > > > > > > > Quoting Sean C McMurray <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > > > > > > I like to try and keep things positive. I suspect this organization is > > > > > trying to do this as well. > > > > > > > > > > Good for them that they have been working for this cause that is so > close > > to > > > > > "our hearts" for the past 40 years. Has a cure been found in those 40 > > years > > > > > ... No. But is it not possible that some of the research funding we are > > > > > taking advantage of today may in part or in whole be the result if the > > > > > promotion, issue awareness and networking of this organization in > concert > > > > > with other similar groups some perhaps older and others of only recent > > > > > establishment. We are closer to a cure now than we have ever been before > > > > > this is good and worth dwelling upon and celebrating. > > > > > > > > > > No cure yet ... THERE WILL BE! Be patient and rather support others with > > PD > > > > > and the organizations that work for us in their various capacities. > > > > > > > > > > So yes I would celebrate this 40th anniversary of this English PD > Society > > > > > > > > > > Respectfully > > > > > > > > > > Sean > > > > > Peterborough, Ontario, Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > [log in to unmask] > > > > > Sent: January 23, 2010 7:31 PM > > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > Subject: Celebrating what ? failure? > > > > > > > > > > I just sent the email text below to the English Parkinsons disease > society > > - > > > > > > > > > > wonder if some people are too comfy with current conditions - > > > > > > > > > > As one of your members, I'm puzzled and irritated by the frequent > > references > > > > > > > > > > in your literature to "celebrating" the 40 th anniversaryof your > > > > > organisation. Have you thought that that means celebrating 40 years of > > > > > failure to find a cure. 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