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Hi Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote an open reply to Lawrence Hoffheimer's response to you: >On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:04:28 -0500 [log in to unmask] writes: >>I read Ivan Suzman's totally inaccurate account of his alleged >>mistreatment by the National Parkinson Foundation. I hope that Mr. >>Suzman's statements are not taken seriously, particularly those about >>NPF ... SNIP ... >>Lawrence S. Hoffheimer (NPF Washington Counsel) >>Hoffheimer & Downey, P.C. ... and you wrote in what might be thought to be immoderate terms: >Dear friends, >BEWARE A BARRACUDA IN OUR MIDST ...and emotional ones: >NPF's high-priced Washington lawyer, MR. Larry Hoffheimer, is attacking >my character on this list. He is trying to divide us. He is tr ying to >persuade Listmembers to ignore me. Mr. Hoffheimer's true colors are >coming out. He attacks me , breaking the sanctity of our fellowship as a >community working together on this list!! I'm sorry, but I have to object! I do not know YOU any better than I know Mr Hoffheimer, and I DO NOT subscribe to the current vogue for implying that THE WEALTHY are necessarily BAD, nor that THE POOR are necessarily GOOD! So if your contention that Mr Hoffheimer is attacking you "breaking the sanctity of our fellowship" is valid, I would suggest that you use less emotional terms, and more factual ones. >Mr. Hoffheimer, I have given countless hours of time to the >listmembers, and continue to do so. >It is probably difficult for a high-priced >Washington lobbyist like you to hear this, but you have just >ATTACKED a longtime Listmember who lives on $664.00/month >of social security, and >who is too infirm to waste his precious life on broadsides against >vicious spirits like yours. >BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE TRYING TO >INJURE. >LISTMEMBERS, Mr. Hoffheimer's use of the words "fairy tale" about me >is >an outrage. This PARKINSN LIST is an international one. It is NOT the right forum for you and Mr Hoffheimer to be battling in: please do not suck me into your personal battles, however much you may have right on your side! I also have Young Onset PD - and simply keeping from being overwhelmed with the rigours of living in my own back yard is hard enough. I cannot afford to add you to the list of causes I champion - and believe me, you are not the only person who gives unstintingly to the Parkinson's community. >Our LIstmembers know I am telling the absolute truth, so help me God. Some of them may - I for one do not! If this offends you, or any of your closer friends in this list, I regret it. But I think you do yourself a disservice in conducting this battle on an emotional level in this particular forum. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160