Teann!!!
It was a brilliant idea, wasn't it? I just looked for a forum that wasn't being used and this one only had one post from January of 2004, so it fit the bill.
I just couldn't bear to be away from my friends and every time I got on the other board, I got upset over all the finger pointing, so this seemed to "work."
I'm hoping this board will stay "safe." Full of love, peace and happiness...
Love you too,
Joni whoisgladshedoesn'thavetosee6:30amshar*****tespeciallysinceshecan'tseemtogetoffthecomputer
Ack! It cut off the rest of my post! I wrote "especially since she can't seem to get off the computer."
Speaking of which, I am really going to go to bed now...hopefully. I'm always like, "Well, I'm going to bed now...after I respond to this post." Then I will see something else and it's "well, maybe after THIS post..." and so on. Kinda reminds me of my marriages. The judge will be saying, "Well, will you take THIS man...." I guess I'm like a cat with 9 lives....I have said "Till death do us part" twice already.
At least with marriages, I knew when to quit. Being on the internet is another thing entirely. I guess if my husbands were this entertaining, I might've stayed married....
Ok, I think I need some sleep...I'm gettin' silly....
Love,
Joni
No, you are not the only one to feel this way. The only way to keep it safe is the way the other one could have been kept safe...and that is...if no one had responded to the posts by those people, if no one had taken up for those people. If, when those people started bashing us, EVERYONE had said, "No, we will not tolerate this kind of behavior," then it would have stopped. But instead, several people jumped on the holier than thou bandwagon and said me too, me too, let me judge people and tell them how wrong they are and how horrible I think they are.
It's just like any kind of hate crime. People tolerate it.
It's like that poster you see that goes:
"They first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up - because I was not a Communist.
They then came for the Jews and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up - because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up - because I am a Protestant.
Then they came for me - but by that time, there was no one left to speak up."
-Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Nazi Victim
So...if we are ever "discovered," let's all promise that, if we are abused in any way, that we will SPEAK UP.
I love you all,
Joni
Just hope & pray that "they" don't bring their little "clique's" or fake names over here to stir up trouble. The insinuations & accusations that are flying over there are so freaking over with. They are still trying to Bash Lindy & I for the "Bash" which by the way turned out great. Therewas some funds left over... enough to mail out 20 t-shirts & have a tiny bit left over. I was going to donate it to the American Cancer Society since I am a cancer survivor but then someone said that Becky was doind the walk from Obestiy so I may save it for that! Heck, at thsi point, i'm not sure waht to do with it. Trust me, it's not much and if you were at the bash or saw the pictures, you know why.
OK, i'll make it a pact to never talk about the Bash again if ya'll dont' want us to. It really brought a lot of heartache, stress & pressures on us that you could never even imagine). If you have any questions regarding any of it, you can always email Lindy or myself.
Love you all,
Dixie
I vote for the American Cancer Society myself. I too am a cancer survivor. But whatever you want to do with it should be your and Lindy's decision since you busted your butts on that bash.
You can talk about it all you want to. I was just floored at all the controversy about it. I couldn't believe, after all the work you put into it, that ANYONE would be so ridiculous as to try to cause you trouble about it.
I wasn't at the Bash, but I heard it was wonderful...except for the people who thought other people shouldn't be there. It's probably good I wasn't there. I'm sure I would have had some "words" with some people. Not because I would have singled them out, but because they would have singled me out and tried to get in my face.
I think you two should be applauded for all the work you put into it. But apparently what I think doesn't matter to "them."
Love you,
Joni