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That be great Dan.
I'm not the email police but another thing is I'm
not interested in being a voyeur on personal notes between two members.
Lots of people leave due to the number of emails generated from the
q-list. It's a potential of information; however, replying LOL to the
whole list is a waste of a byte.
Topics change from spousal neglect to AD to who's
going to win the World series (Mets, btw)
So before you hit send check who's in the receive
box. If it says q-list and five other people they get 2 of the same
emails. If you just wish to reply to one member hit reply.
signed
email patrol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:41
PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Religion and
Politics
I see no reason why we shouldn't discuss Religion, Politics or
Sex. To me, it makes the list a lot more interesting. If you don't want to
read posts about these topics, just hit the delete key. I'm sure there are
many people on this list that don't have terrible pain or chronic utis'
or constant bowel problems. So, they delete these posts as they don't pertain
to them. The same is true for the previous topics. If they don't interest you
- just hit delete. I, for one, have learned a lot from these topics and hope
they continue.
Dan V
At 02:41 PM 7/27/2006 -0500,
Angelique Novak said something that elicited my response:
Angie,[and others] I have been on this list since 1995 and we have had numerous
discussions on religion. They, of course, got into very heated
debates. Anything with controversy stirs up people's emotions as we
just saw with the stem cell example. Politics discussions have come
and gone here just as rapidly. But they never fail to come around
again at some point in time - the nature of the beast of mankind.
They say [whoever THEY are] religion, politics and sex are
topics to stay away from. The first two I can definitely understand
but I think it would be more interesting to talk about the latter
here!!! Maybe it is a rare occurrence for many members and that is the
reason. It usually happens about once a year when
religion is brought up. I remember one time that the posts went on for
weeks and weeks. I always find it interesting to discuss religion and
such but it causes such turmoil and nobody is going to change other people's
beliefs so I've finally got over it. I most
definitely understand where you're coming from but, as you can see,
many-a-person's underwear gets into a tight wad even if it is a general
statement. I have an older cousin [mid-50s] who was
diagnosed with skin cancer about three years ago. His wife is always keeps
people updated with his situation but every single one of her e-mails are
saturated with God, God, God. I am glad that they can
find solace in their vision of a god but it becomes very distasteful when it
takes over the entire e-mail. I have to bite my tonge every time I
receive one of her sickly sweet diatribes. What is more
disturbing is that she never gives any of the doctors credit ... it is
always God. One day, we wrote a response just to get it off our chest
but we did not send the e-mail. Now, I just let it roll off my
shoulders [sort of] but it is not easy. It is especially
annoying to me that, before his diagnosis, they were never so blatantly
religious. So, essentially, they have shown themselves to be
emergency-room Christians. Common, but sad. Or sick.
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than
one closed by belief." -- Gerry Spence LoriC4/5 COMPLETE, 26 years postTucson, Arizona
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