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Hi Barbara: You always make sense. I guess that's why you're the ListMom. Thanks for giving us a "safe place" from which to plan the defeat of our mutual enemy, Parkinsons. Will get back to work questioning my senior Senator re: his waffling on PD funding.Interesting question re: effects of smoking cessation on PWPs. Don't have any answers, but good luck and take care. Carole H. --- Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, list-folks....ummm...we seem to have had a little > spurt of uproar > again, to say the least. I must admit that I haven't > been reading the > religious war as closely as I perhaps should have. My > thoughts about > what I had read was along the lines of "certainly is > making folks think & > write their opinions". You know, the first support group > meeting I went > to just a few weeks after being diagnosed scared the > daylights out of > me. Those pwp's were elderly, expressionless & obviously > ill. Now, I > realize that behind that facade that pd puts up between > us, there are > still very wise people with very strong feelings on many > topics...people > who are not hesitant to express their feelings very > clearly...which makes > this journey with pd not quite as scary. > > I hope that we all feel that this is a safe place to > ask/answer questions > and to be open and honest about ourselves without fear of > harassment or > embarassment. If there is anything that makes this > impossible, let's work > together towards a solution. We are battling pd...that's > war enough and > work enough...we don't need to battle each other even > with words. We can > agree to disagree but defend each other's right to > express his/her > opinions. > > Many members only feel comfortable as 'list-lurkers' > which is a totally > acceptable use of the list. Unfortunately, there really > are the other > type of lurkers out there who seem to have no purpose in > their lives other > than to cause trouble & hurt feelings. I don't pretend > to know why they > do what they do...that's up to people with much more > education and > specialized training than I have. The best suggestion I > have about > dealing with them is to not give them the reaction they > are asking for. > Charlie, perhaps you can give us better advice about > this. I hope so. > > Anyway, folks....about the 'list-rules' > 'list-purpose'...as I've said > before, there are over 1800 of us so there are at least > 1800 opinions > about the purpose of the list. The list rules are about > as flexible as > rules can get...in fact, maybe 'list-suggestions' would > be a better > description. The firmest one would be: Thou shalt not > interfere with a > fellow listmember's right to feel safe and welcome to > post to the list > (and thou shalt not use the list for monetary gain). > > So....can we take aim again at our mutual enemy, pd? Has > everyone who > possible can written to their political representatives > asking > (demanding) funding for pd research? Does anyone have > any suggestions > about the effects of quitting smoking on pwp's (This is > my eigth day > without smoking...after 30 years of smoking)? > > Barb > > > =========================================================================== > Barbara Patterson > [log in to unmask] > HSC 2J22 > 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 > School of Nursing > =========================================================================== > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com