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hi all just to give this "i smell a rat" episode a definitive ending here is a message that teresa sent me privately as is my wont sometimes i have mulled and thought and decided to answer her publicly >Subj:=09Parkinsn list >Date:=091998/10/29 21:23:04 >From:=09TSJRB >To:=09Janet313 > >Dear Janet, >I give up. I was naive about the list being an information forum. >So that I may learn from this please tell me what you would do >under my circumstances. Keep it to myself? or say my husband >is 40% better but can't tell why. I quit the list .. too much on my >e-mail and I felt abused. So please e-mail my regular address. >Thanks >Teresa hi teresa i find the wording of your message odd to say the least [and also oddly + suddenly error free] it appears that you are trying to generate sympathy from me while at the same time conceding defeat to my challenge when i was the one who was calling your bluff you felt abused... probably by me... and now you ask me for advice? very odd indeed but at the risk of giving on-line hucksters additional tips on how to improve their sales figures i have decided to answer you what would i do under the circumstances? e.g. living in CA with a parkie husband who ingests an unregulated product [at a cost of $3,500.00 - a gift [not!] to the sales manager] and finds his parkie symptoms improved by a whopping 40%? 1. i would yell it from the rooftops 2. i would 'show and tell' all our parkie friends and support group buddie= s 3. i would 'show and tell' all our medicos there would have been a history and network around us based on our struggling with pd for nine years where is yours? why has this not happened with the other 30 "patients" aka customers? however, this discussion is pointless: i take my brain chemistry too seriously to ever consider ingesting any unregulated product let alone spending that kind of money on it and i keep forgetting; you don't answer uncomfortable [to you] questions if you want any further input from me on this subject and want to know why i suffer from not only pd, but also Multiple Huckster Syndrome, and assuming you have wwweb access, please take a look at my web-page: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/hustled.htm on second thought here it is: ------------------------------------------------------------ being 'hustled' on the list =A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0 98/= 01/17 ------------------------------------------------------------ hi all >...How can we tell anything >about anyone over the web? we can't that is the problem / blessing paradox of this amazing medium the anonymity can be used for any purpose on the internet i cannot judge you based on your disabilities nationality skin-colour hair-colour appearance life-style profession eye-colour abilities clothing religion accent this can create the ultimate democracy every participant has an uncensored voice i have only the words and the fact of messages sent to base any judgment/opinion on however, the other side of the coin is i have only the words and the fact of messages sent to base any judgment/opinion on this paradox requires more work on my part in reserving my judgment/opinion until i've considered carefully what has been presented 'actions speak louder than words' 'walk your talk' 'talk is cheap' all of these are truisms which need to be re-interpreted in this new era ...i read 'x's first post several times very carefully so i felt comfortable in my suspicions i did not conclude anything since you have not read the posts being discussed how can you come to a conclusion without making assumptions? >Sounds to me like 'x' could have had good motives ... maybe maybe not 'x' still has not answered a direct question how can any conclusion be drawn? the anonymity of this medium is a double-edged sword >...and be feeling indignant because they >were questioned in the way that they were.... i don't understand why anyone would feel indignant about a simple question unless the indignation is based on a sense of false pride or guilt viz i don't feel indignant by your questioning me i'm happy to explain my reasoning behind anything i do or say and am open to suggestions or debate as i have said to 'x' i would love to be proved wrong in the past i have referred to myself as cynical and now realize that i may have been using the term a tad loosely since i have just found that the oxford dictionary defines a cynic 'as a person who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness' i have a lot of faith in humanity's sincerity and goodness but i try to remain impartial and assumption free until i have enough information to go on in re any individual i encounter your cyber sis janet ------------------------------------------------------------ surely there must be a happier way to earn a living? janet janet paterson - 51 now / 41 dx / 37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]