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hi Dennis, I just checked out your website, great poetry! did you check out mine yet www.mosaicmadness.com Lisa Crumrine - St. john usvi ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 12:21 AM Subject: "I see a bad moon rising" > 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) > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >