Dennis, you are eloquent as always. but as the Mom of the
Connecticut Parcel Post Pigs, I take umbrage at the
statement that the "pigs have hijacked the humour." If I
remember it correctly, they were practically run out of
town on a rail (although they had their defenders-still
do.) Now I am going to run for cover, to avoid errant
slings and arrows. Just another thought before I go. The
List seems to me to a-buzz with activity lately, so maybe
controversy and the stimulation it generates helps keep it
alive and well.
Carole H.
--- Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sad to say the list has become a dour, forbidding place.
> The pigs have
> hijacked the humour that used to lighten things up a
> little - the TOPICS
> have fragmented things so that de facto minilists now
> abound, and they have
> given us a brand new thing to hit each other over the
> head with; not to
> mention that when introduced they were intended as a
> courtesy and are now
> starting to be spoken of as a requirement by some voices
> - and this latest
> religious kerfuffle/debate/dispute/argument (you pays
> your money and you
> takes yer pick) is a classic of its kind with some
> religious people being
> insensitive to the beliefs of others and some non
> religious people
> responding to them with religious fervour. Oh what fun -
> makes you glad to
> be alive, have Parkinson's, own a computer and be a
> member of the
> Parkinson's Information Exchange.
>
> Some two years ago I wrote an article entitled "A
> Terrible Beauty" - some of
> you may even remember it. In it I spoke of my pride at
> being a member of a
> community of quiet heroes; I spoke of the courage which
> was the dominant
> (if unheralded) characteristic of so many with PD. I
> based that statement on
> what I saw in my local community and the wonderful,
> understated courage I
> saw demonstrated daily on this list. Thankfully I still
> have the example of
> my local community to show me the PWP haven't changed,
> because this list has
> changed beyond recognition. Today quiet, understated
> courage is far from
> its dominant characteristic - it seems instead to have
> become whining,
> whinging, and self obsessed. This is not a comment on
> individuals on the
> list - they surely are, like my local community, still as
> they were - but it
> is a comment on the list mood which is a product of how
> we chose to manifest
> ourselves. I would like to ask that we all ask ourselves
> before posting to
> the list "is what I am about to send going to help either
> me or someone
> else on the list" and if isn't don't send the damn thing.
>
> This list has been a positive place in the past - it can
> be so again in the
> future - all it takes is for each one of us to decide to
> make it so and then
> actually taking personal responsibility for the outcome.
>
>
> Dennis
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Dennis Greene 50/dx 37/ onset 32
> There's nothing wrong with me that dealing with PD won't
> fix!
> email - [log in to unmask]
> Website - http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/
> (most recent update -Nov 5, 1999)
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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