Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Hi Stan, I sympathisize with your extreme annoyance, but it's really not worth it. Keep up your postings!! I enjoy reading your thoughts and about your exploits. Charlotte in CTSUZANNE SNYDER <juneflower60@...> wrote: Hi Stan, I can't believe what she said to you I agree with she should say shes sorry to You . I wouldn't let it bother you maybe shes having a bad day ,Well you take care. SusieStan <sagebush2020@...> wrote: Spinoza once said, "When talks about , we learn more about than we do about ." The same goes for Vera's talking about Stan.After my post in which I said that mytherapist was "firm and hunanistic," I received a two page e-mail from Vera. In my opinion, I was libeled in the e-mail, but I only have sympathy for her. I exerpted only a few lines of her insult because after this post I want to drop the matter entirely, unless she wants to continue an open debate. I want preface her comments by adding that I served in the US Navy for four years during the Korean War, earned the good conduct medal, and received an honorable discharge. I spent part of my service in a jet squadron. I currently donate my time to a non-profit organization designed to assist other people. I receive no money for it. (Is that a religious or political statement?)Here is a miniscule portion of a scathing letter Vera sent to me. If she attacks me for posting this, I shall then post her entire letter. I am willing to drop the matter if she is willing.I repeat: I received Vera's insults after I refered to my hunanistic theapist, a person that cared about his patients, as does y.--------------------"I am proud of my brother that fought in Viet Nam. It was people like you that caused him to be shot at unmercifully whilst he had to make many phone calls for permission to shoot back. But you see, you weren't there supporting him and you have no idea what those men endured because of the peace movement."--------------------Had there not been a peace movement, far more than 45,000 young Americans would have been killed in the Vietnam War. I am really offended by being irrationally accused for his being shot at. It was not I who suggested nor determined that he be put in harm's way.I can't resist including one more comment Vera made to me:"Have you ever looked on a woman to lust after her? Jesus said that when you do this, you become an adulterer."---------------------------No comment.Goodbye, again, folks. I wish you all the best in your recovery processes. I couldn't be doing much better than I am after 3 onths 11 days, thanks to my humanistic therapist and my self-discipline to do my exercises.It really pains me that the country of my birth, the US, has become so divided with what really appears to be vicious hatred on each side of the divide.Nuff said,ByeStan Peace is not a dirty word > YOU GO GIRL! This is a joint replacement forum, Not a religious > forum! YEAH! She should apologize to Stan! She was rude!> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Stan For what it is worth, I completely agree with Charlotte. Your progress, cheerfulness and humour has inspired me and probably a lot of people. I was even thinking about you the other day as I was in the swimming pool! Ultimately the decision to leave is yours, but I just wanted to public thank you for your help and making me smile, at a time when everything is hard to do. I am determined to one day have a go at roller blading! Take care Stan and keep enjoying life to the full Liney --- charlotte clark <charlottie3@...> wrote: > Hi Stan, I sympathisize with your extreme annoyance, > but it's really not worth it. Keep up your > postings!! I enjoy reading your thoughts and about > your exploits. Charlotte in CT > SUZANNE SNYDER <juneflower60@...> wrote:Hi > Stan, > I can't believe what she said to you I agree with > she should say shes sorry to You . > I wouldn't let it bother you maybe shes having a bad > day ,Well you take care. > > Susie > > Stan <sagebush2020@...> wrote: > > > Spinoza once said, " When talks about , we > learn more about > than we do about . " The same goes for > Vera's talking about > Stan. > > After my post in which I said that mytherapist was > " firm and > hunanistic, " I received a two page e-mail from Vera. > In my opinion, > I was libeled in the e-mail, but I only have > sympathy for her. I > exerpted only a few lines of her insult because > after this post I > want to drop the matter entirely, unless she wants > to continue an > open debate. > > I want preface her comments by adding that I served > in the US Navy > for four years during the Korean War, earned the > good conduct medal, > and received an honorable discharge. I spent part of > my service in a > jet squadron. > > I currently donate my time to a non-profit > organization designed to > assist other people. I receive no money for it. (Is > that a religious > or political statement?) > > > Here is a miniscule portion of a scathing letter > Vera sent to me. If > she attacks me for posting this, I shall then post > her entire > letter. I am willing to drop the matter if she is > willing. > > I repeat: I received Vera's insults after I refered > to my hunanistic > theapist, a person that cared about his patients, as > does y. > > -------------------- > > " I am proud of my brother that fought in Viet Nam. > It was people > like you that caused him to be shot at unmercifully > whilst he had to > make many phone calls for permission to shoot back. > But you see, > you weren't there supporting him and you have no > idea what those men > endured because of the peace movement. " > -------------------- > > Had there not been a peace movement, far more than > 45,000 young > Americans would have been killed in the Vietnam War. > I am really > offended by being irrationally accused for his being > shot at. It was > not I who suggested nor determined that he be put in > harm's way. > > I can't resist including one more comment Vera made > to me: > > " Have you ever looked on a woman to lust after her? > Jesus said that > when you do this, you become an adulterer. " > > --------------------------- > No comment. > > Goodbye, again, folks. I wish you all the best in > your recovery > processes. I couldn't be doing much better than I am > after 3 onths > 11 days, thanks to my humanistic therapist and my > self-discipline to > do my exercises. > > It really pains me that the country of my birth, the > US, has become > so divided with what really appears to be vicious > hatred on each > side of the divide. > > Nuff said, > > Bye > > Stan > Peace is not a dirty word > > > > > > > YOU GO GIRL! This is a joint replacement forum, > Not a religious > > forum! YEAH! She should apologize to Stan! She was > rude! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 it's too bad that some people use forums, like this, for a personal soap box. there are plenty of other sites that may welcome her kind of dialog and may even promote it. the saying that " this is not the time nor the place " covers it well. we all drift off topic from time to time but the groups direction stays steady. SOME people think its their right,or duty, to lecture everyone else about how to live your life. STAN : not all of us are like that. in fact it's a very small number of people that step in and ruin things for all of us. don't leave the group because of one small minded person! if you must go do so knowing that the rest of the group enjoyed your input. i'm sorry for her behavior, i hope to read your posts again. wcoffey (gimpy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Bill and Limey I think I need a break from these highly useful sites for people with physical challenges. If I aided five percent of you with my input, I feel that I have accomplished some good for humanity. My goal was truly to help. I have really been fortunate to have had outstanding medical care. I never expected to be doing the things I currently am doing after only three months. Recently, I have been mixing cement and building a stone wall. My hip feels no discomfort whatsoever from the activity. My back? Well that's another thing. I can swim and bike with little effort. I can walk for hours. I made love at the end of my third week. I hope that my experience will be supportive to those of you who are in waiting. It's frightening as hell (oops!) before you go in for your operation. Life is equally miserable (for me it was) for a certain number of days after the surgery. I felt helpless for awhile. But soon afterwards it gets better and better. I didn't say " only better. " My experience during the first couple of months was oone like " two steps forward and one backwards. " It wasn't completely an upward-and to-the-right-recovery curve. Each time I had a pain I worried that I had dislocated my new hip. I hadn't. My early limping, apparently, caused pain in my knee. I was worried that I would need a new knee. I didn't. Try to avoid limping as soon as possible. It's not only bad for our bodies, but it also becomes a habit hard to break. It takes real concentration, at first, not to limp. Then it becomes normal and habitual not to limp. I say that I have posted my last post. I've already said that three or four times. I think that I will succeed this time, maybe. I would like to try to take a break from the site. Perhaps I'll be back. Perhaps I won't. I wish that I could regain my prior discipline and spend four or five hours a day on writing projects. I have several manuscripts that I would like one day to have published. One is about France, one Cuba, one is about the aging process, and one is highly satirical entitled, " Have you ever wondered? " Perhaps some of you know that one of the university level textbooks that I wrote is " The Human Side of Organizations, " originally with Harper & Row, now with Prentic-Hall. I wrote the first six editions, the first in 1975. Someone else took over the 7th and 8th editons. I had nothing to do with those. If I were a praying person, I would pray that Americans reduce their divisiveness and try to accept each other's differences with less animosity toward each other. Is a country so extremely divided really likely to maintain the respect of the world's nations. or isn't that of any importance to you? It should be. The US is a part of the world whether it likes it or not. Write to me at my email address, not here, if you want. I don't want you to clutter this site because of me. Love and friendship to you all. Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye Stan > it's too bad that some people use forums, like this, for a personal soap > box. there are plenty of other sites that may welcome her kind of dialog > and may even promote it. the saying that " this is not the time nor the > place " covers it well. we all drift off topic from time to time but the > groups direction stays steady. SOME people think its their right,or > duty, to lecture everyone else about how to live your life. > > STAN : not all of us are like that. in fact it's a very small number of > people that step in and ruin things for all of us. don't leave the group > because of one small minded person! if you must go do so knowing that > the rest of the group enjoyed your input. i'm sorry for her behavior, i > hope to read your posts again. > > wcoffey (gimpy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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