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"Barbara" ) writes:
Excuse me, but is this misc.kids or alt.mothers? If it's misc.kids (as my headers suggest that it is), who gives a flying **** at a rolling donut about what "they" do over "there"? I'm not sure, but I think it might be from a book by Kurt Vonnegut, possibly Cat's Cradle. |
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toto ) writes:
On 7 Feb 2006 14:26:00 GMT, (Catherine Woodgold) wrote: One possibility is that the amount of mercury in children is increasing, due to mercury pollution (in fish, for example) in spite of the removal of thimerosol from vaccines. Another possibility is that it's not so much the thimerosol as the vaccine itself that causes autism, and that that is continuing, and increasing due to influence from some other factor, such as pollution or poor nutrition. But studies of children in places where vaccination rates were down or eliminated still showed increasing rates of autism. I understand everything except the word "but". What you're saying is consistent with what I'm saying. |
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toto ) writes:
What If Dr. Seuss Wrote Technical Manuals? Author: Gene Ziegler A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer Very cute. Reminds me vaguely of this: "Microsoft Windows = 'A thirty-two bit extenstion and graphical shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.'" |
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"-L." ) writes:
It becomes strong evidence when multiple people from differing backgrounds say the same thing. That's why I chimed in. It's like casting a ballot. |
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) writes:
Sorry to be venting all this on m.k. It isn't really appropriate here, but since the subject has come up, I am enjoying writing about this. It gives me a such sense of closure. I feel good that I can now be so calm about something that was so painful at the time. If we're gonna vent, let me tell you (again?) about my experience on alt."support".depression. (quotations marks added for sarcasm.) I visited the group as a lurker a few times, reluctant to post since I wasn't sure what would be most helpful. Then one day I posted a well-polished article: a list of methods of treating depression. It wasn't perfect, but I was proud of it. I got blamed, called names, taboo words thrown at me, etc. etc. They asked if I had read the FAQ. I hadn't. But then I went and read it. It didn't say anything about not posting that kind of post. In fact, the FAQ had a rather similar section to what my post was. I would not have posted differently if I had read the FAQ. Now that I've had that experience, I have a little bit better idea how to do a first post in other groups. But at the time, I was totally taken by surprise. Apparently, the correct way to begin to post on a.s.d. is first to participate in some OFF-TOPIC threads, then to announce publicly that one is depressed, and finally very tactfully just maybe mention ways of dealing with depression. This was not stated in the FAQ. Possibly one of these days I'll get around to asking them to include that in the FAQ, as apparently the same thing happens to other people too from time to time!!! |
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"Circe" ) writes:
Hmmm, I think of you as a well-liked and well-respected regular poster to this group. Occasionally, you post ideas that some people feel wouldn't work IRL for a variety of reasons and they say so, but I've never gotten the impression that there's any concerted effort on the part of a large contingent of other regular posters to be unfriendly or unkind to you. I never said there was. However, a number of people each posting things they happen to feel like posting for various reasons can add up to something difficult to take, even if there is no concerted effort. What's needed, and what most people do most of the time, is to exert effort *not* to offend. |
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"bizby40" ) writes:
And so I think that perhaps in many cases, the person who feels unwelcome is perhaps misinterpreting heated feelings about a *topic* as heated feelings about them. That sounds likely. If you've already had a friendly exchange with someone it may be easier to take certain things -- there's a feeling of confidence that there's an underlying relationship that's OK. |
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) writes:
This seems to support Lyn's contention that conformity of ideas is expected here. I don't expect conformity of ideas. I like debate. I think it's natural for people to want others to agree with them. That's not the same thing as expecting it. |
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