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hi all At 13:15 1999/11/14 -0800, bob wrote, in part: >... I do, however, want to comment on the fact that >I am strongly opposed to "fragmenting" this List by >placing certain subjects "off limits" just because >certain people "dislike" reading about them. The >"delete button" is present on just about every >computer that I have ever heard of... i agree with you, bob i have never understood why some people seem so reluctant to use the delete key in my humble opinion, that is just a fact of e-mailing list life if we sign up to join a mailing list we have invited mail from that entity into our lives we cannot then look on it as an intrusion that way lies madness! i also have never been able to see list mail volume or subject matter as a 'problem' for me whether the subject matter is unrelated to pd like perry como songs or roofing quotes or ojibway spiritual life or whether the subject matter is related to pd like constipation protocols or arrogant neurologists or drug costs it all comprises communication and sharing among this cyber-family we are not a typical "chat-room" group we are a pd-support group [albeit pretty unique in terms of location] computer and internet accessibility to my mind is a natural for a movement disorder support group how simple how convenient how easy to connect with others like us we are here for each other for the long haul because that's how long we may have to deal with pd some of us stay around for months and years some of us come and go voluntarily or involuntarily for instance 'meeting' and 'knowing' someone like alan bonander [a founding listmember who died [non-pd-related] two years ago] was a blessing in my life [as well as many other listmembers' i am sure] i got to share alan's wisdom in many different ways as well as his generosity his infectious humour his occasional grumpiness and lucky us, his voice still lives on in the archives i think a "support group" has to be about support and sharing no matter what no restrictions we who have received the mixed blessing of a pd diagnosis face a different world than before we need a place to be us however we need to be when we need it we have quite enough restricting us as it is we have many hints in the archives about managing mail volume we have topics for filtering mail subject matter we all have delete keys let's use them liberally if we feel the need to but please let's let every voice be heard in all its glory janet ps for those with mail overload a tune to hum while sorting mail: dee delete dee delete dee delete dee delete da da dah! ... etc janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset e-mail - [log in to unmask] web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/