Lynda

Ya know, we have had lots of heated dialog on this list. We have all
disagreed and sometimes with great energy. BUT, even when Sandra has
strongly disagreed with what I have said, she has never attacked me
personally, nor anyone else.

This is really too sad and, IMHO, juvenile! The whole concept of off-list
attacks shows a real lack of maturity!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: raising dogs & pro-life


> Anyone who wants to skip this can. It's off topic, and more about the
list
> and about ethics than about unschooling.
>
>
> <<Tina, as an adult mother of 4, is PRO-LIFE based on experience and
> life-circumstances. Tina happens to be me...>>
>
> When you wrote the long letter to me last week, your name was Chris.
> That's okay.
> ====================================
> <<Sandra,
>
>
> <<Before I unsubscribe to this group, I wanted to take a few minutes
>
> and email you personally. First, I didn't realize that this
>
> particular group was open to flaming and derogatory statements to
>
> other members; you have made me see that it is perfectly fine (at
>
> least in your eyes). What a shame!
>
>
> <<Second, I don't know where you get your misinformation about other
>
> religious groups or all of their member's beliefs, but it is
>
> definitely that: MISINFORMATION!! I also don't know what tragic
>
> experiences you've had with any of the mentioned groups that would
>
> make you so malicious and unkind to others, or what would make you
>
> think that you are some kind of spokesperson for groups that you
>
> obviously don't belong to.
>
>
> <<And last, your statements and opinions seem to reflect those of an
>
> intolerant and unstable mind (much like the abortion clinic
>
> terrorists). Your vehement reaction to my personal beliefs was
>
> entirely uncalled for and have forced myself and others off of this
>
> message board.
>
>
> <<Remember how this all got started? You seem to have no qualms about
>
> letting others know how you feel about them or their beliefs but seem
>
> very intolerant to anyone who's belief is different than yours.
>
> Again, what a shame. I do believe that there is therapy and
>
> medications out there that may help you work some of this out.
>
>
> <<Chris
>
>
> <<P.S. There is no such word as "badillion".-=-
>
> Did you look it up? It was intended for humorous effect---"a very huge
> number."
>
> And I really DO remember how it all got started; I wasn't even involved.
>
> Next time you want to be really insulting, please own up to it honestly.
> Better in pubilc (as I did, with my own regular name) than under the table
in
> secret.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/5/01 1:35:01 PM, cmas100@... writes:
>
> << Erin,
>
> Scary is right...read on...
>
> There once was a young girl named, Tina, who was born to an 18 yo
> mother and a 21 yo father. The mother came from a Catholic family
> with 8 children and the father was adopted by two Catholic parents.
> Tina's mother grew up poor and Tina's grandfather was an an
> alcoholic. Tina's father grew up rich, yet physically abused.
>
> After dating for a year or so, Tina was concieved and Tina's parents
> decided to get married and Tina was born in 1968. The marriage was a
> horrible one; Tina's father turned out to be a physically, mentally,
> emotionally and sexually abusive man. Tina and her mother lived with
> the abuse and alcoholism for 10 years.
>
> Tina's mom remarried later and her dad, well he ended up dying in a
> barroom fight when she was 13. Tina turned to drugs & alcohol and
> much promiscuity. At the end of high school she met someone special
> and spent 5 years with him. Tina called off their engagement by
> spending the night with someone else and very high off of her alcohol
> and drugs. She dated this guy for a couple of months then found out
> that she was pregnant by him.
>
> Tina had a good job, medical insurance and a place of her own and
> turned to her mother and friend for support. Well, it was understood
> that she should just have an abortion. After all, she was on the
> pill since age 14 and had had many lovers over the course of her
> teens and early 20's. Everything she had learned in school, from her
> friends, and from her family all pointed to the practicality of an
> abortion. Nobody even asked her if she wanted to keep the baby.
>
> Counselling at the abortion clinic was the equivolent of "Are you
> sure you want an abortion?" "Yes" "Okay". And at 6 weeks the baby
> was terminated.
>
> Time goes on and Tina gets back with her boyfriend from high school
> and she decides, at age 23, after her abortion, that it's time to
> shape herself up. Her and Jim get married and after 10 years of
> marriage have 4 children. Life is good for her and her family.
>
> Tina looks back at her life and says, "Thank God my grandmother
> didn't abort any of her 8 children.", "Thank God that, no matter how
> mentally ill my father was that he was adopted and wasn't
> aborted." "Thank God for my life, my love of life and the wisdom and
> knowledge to choose life, always." "Dear God, why are there people
> out their that would judge, condemn and terminate our lives just
> because of the extremely unfortunate circumstances many of us have?"
>
> The moral of the above story is that this young lady was born into
> the "undesireable life" many have described. Many of the posts would
> have had Tina and her parents terminated based on genetics or life-
> circumstances. Tina herself chose to terminate life based on life-
> circumstances.
>
> Tina, as an adult mother of 4, is PRO-LIFE based on experience and
> life-circumstances. Tina happens to be me...
> >>
>
>
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