Hello Gladys. Glad you're still with us! > Let me tell you why I love the Silver List. It is . a place I can > express my views (or read others) without being called a health nut, > or just a nut, etc. This is a prejudice we have probably all faced > because we don't just accept.
Given both my "unconventional" politics and my interest in alt-health, I feel this acutely. I feel closer to folks I've worked on political campaigns with, and to many of you, than I do to members of my extended family. They are mostly a strange breed of passive, incurious folk, determined to shield their eyes from anything unsettling. > I commented because "crash landing" offended me on several levels. > Some people understood, some over analyzed, some objected to my > taking offense. It was offensive, on several levels, and I've suggested to Mariano he not repeat the mistake. > My point? There is a time and place for every thing-even racist > views. Agreed. I ask that humor and other OT chit-chat be appropriate to the audience -- the diverse membership of this list. That precludes many things that are likely to be offensive. But I also need you all to be as thick-skinned as possible, and be gentle in any attempt to correct one another, lest everybody be so fearful of saying anything wrong that it stifles discussion. Mistakes will happen. I ask you to work together *anyway.* You are all my guests here. You are admitted and remain here at my discretion, as list owner, and are expected to behave by whatever standards I set, including courtesy toward all my other guests *and* reasonable tolerance of others' foibles and gaffes -- not to mention my own! > I do come to the Silver List because I like what is being said and I > don't want that to change... Thank you. > P.S. Calling ONLY Black or African American people > "colored" is just as offensive as "darkie" or "coon". No > one is colorless, WE are therefore ALL colored. Is the currently popular phrase "people of color", applied collectively to non-whites, appropriate, in your opinion? And the terms "black" or "African American" still suitable when speaking specifically of that group? > P.P.S. Thank you to all who prayed for my son, that was also > off-topic, but an emergency. It all ended well and he is OK. Prayer > works. If anyone ever needs me to return the favor--just e-mail me > privately. That's good to know, ma'am. God Bless! Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
