Dear Group: You know that I am a "lurker". I reread everything that Cheryl has said and what the others have said.
The way it is for me, while reading everyone's post, is that Cheryl's first emails were polite, informative, maybe a little opinionated but aren't we all? In my viewpont, there was nothing offensive in her posts. I was going to email her privately BUT that would not help at all. So, I am emailing the group. I belong to several list groups. Cheryl has always remained a leader and a very informative CML'er. She stated an opinion. Cheryl-Ann has every right to state an opinion. The bucks STOPS there. It is when Katy and Chrissy interjected along with Terry (I think) that really started the "bad-mouthing". This needs to be resolved. Reread the posts my Cheryl at the beginning. She was trying to respond to a delicate question is a positive, direct and informative way. There was nothing wrong with that post. I believe in my heart that Katy did not like Cheryl-Ann's answer/response which caused this whole issue. I hope everyone gets this resolved. Rob, this SHOULD not be stopped until it is resolved. We are all grown-ups. When you are angry, one should not use phrases like "grow-up" etc. If you are arguing, let it be constructive BUT without negative feedback. Remain positive and state why you feel the way you do. Negativism is so not nice! We all need each other. We all need to be a "family" and have arguments and get them off our chest---positively! Negativism obly attacks our characters...and, having CML, which is already a negative in many of our lives (positive in other ways) does not need to become how we deal with each other. We can state our viewpoints. We do have freedom of speech. But the behavior and way of handling ourselves should always remain positive. For instance, Katy, if you were offended, a positive appraoch might have been to say to Cheryl-Ann that your feelings were hurt and this is why. Cheryl-Ann could have written back a polite apology explaining why she wrote what she did with her knowledge. This would have immediately cleared things up in the first place because a person stated what was bothering them and the other person was given the chance to explain their reasoning. The fact that Anjana was upset really upset me a lot. She is also a person to be respected in this community. I upset Anjana one time before but that was a private issue. I never met to upset Anjana. I personally wrote her to explain why I was leery about a certain "post" and explained my position. We came to an agreement privately. Hugs, Susan Rosenthal Miami, Florida --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
