<i>Your post was controversal, saying that Katrina was mother natures way of cleaning up the unproductive people in the world is a very harsh statement to make.</i> I have not changed my views, I still feel the same way as I posted on that site. I later explained what I meant when I said unproductive (i.e. those who stayed to loot, rape, those who are on welfare not because they CAN'T work due to medical/mental reasons, but CHOOSE not to work because drugs and crime are more important to them) in hopes that might clear the air a bit. My husband is one of those people on Social security, hasn't worked in 4 years, blah blah blah. It is known on that site and on this site as well. So anybody who would just assume that made an A## of themselves. At the bottom of my post I clearly stated, I am sure this will be offensive, I am sorry if it offends anyone but it is the way I feel. I don't owe anybody more of an explanation than that.
I realize people don't agree with what I had to say, thats fine, believe what you believe and express what you feel happened regarding the situation. Don't turn on me because I have the guts to state how I truely feel, not too many people I know can do that. Too many people are too scared in this world anymore, and it's because of people like those on that CF2 chat site.
<i>forgive me for being presumptious but I believe that the unproductive people that you were talking about were the looters and others that were causing trouble there</i> Those were the unproductive types of people I was referring to you are correct in your assumption, I cleared that up a few posts later when someone stated something about having CF, not being able to work.... are they unproductive. I clairified what I posted and apologized for not making that portion clearer.
<i>I am just saying, I don't know how you could expect people not to get upset when you make a statement like that. CF2chat is different site then this, the people are all very close, many of us have met each other in person several times and we are protective of each other. </i> I expected people to disagree and share their beliefs, I did not expect to be personally attacked (and harassed by freaks like Mike). Many people from THIS site have met in person, many people on this site are doing very good things about CF and CF awareness, so what. Just because you are protective of someone, doesn't mean you tear apart someone else for a different belief. It's like a cult over there, it's absolutely pathetic. One brain thinking and speaking for about 23 people. Only a few of us on there seem to have views that differ in the slightest, and heaven forbid we mention them.... we might get harassing emails.
<i>You have to admit, you can come across harsh at times and I am not asking you to change but I am saying that comming across harsh is going to cause people to react to you the way they did</i> I realize I come across harsh sometimes, and many time it is necessary or deserved (or so I feel). Many times I am very helpful, compassionate, insightful, willing to give others hours of my time to explain how food can be used as a medical deduction in taxes, to explain how I won my husbands SSDI case and provide people with documents of what worked for me, to answer questions about male infertility relating to CF, to tell someone how to qualify for food stamps, share my court appeals with them so they can present it to their county office. I have had over 268 email contacts in the last 6 months regarding the above things, I have spent over 7 hours on the phone with people or on behalf of people trying to assit them (quite a few long distance calls), I have put over 71 hours into those phone calls, emails and my website (I keep track for volunteer hours for the military).
Do you think I do it for me, absolutely not. Do you think I get anything out of it? Only the feeling of assisting others and helping them around where I "fell down" so they don't make the same mistakes. People on that CF2 chat site have been beneficiaries of my assistance, about 16 of them actually (for various things SSI/SSDI, Taxes, CF website/infertility, food stamps, medicaid for their SON) and you know what... NOT one of them ever thanked me for my assistance. Vice the assistance I provide on this site where people are constantaly thanking me for my time, my efforts, keeping me informed if what I recommended/sent to them helped in any way. I am not meaning to toot my own horn, although it probably seems like it. My point is that, that website is filled with a bunch of one-track minded, very ungrateful people if you don't "belong to their clan".
<i>Also, on this site you have established yourself as a loving wife and someone who is very helpful, on CF2chat you are new and people don't know you as well and your post was harsh. If you don't want people to respond to you harshly don't make harsh posts. </i> I am not that new on CF2 chat. I have tried to establish myself on there the same way I have established myself on here. People should know me as well, they come to me for help all of the time. They don't give "new" people a chance. Now I must say, some people are very welcoming, nice, friendly, want to chat and make you feel welcome. But a majority of the people just have their group of friends and they stick to them. Why would anybody have to make up a rule, "don't ignore people in chat, it makes them fell unwelcome". That is something you tell a 4 year old, not a grown man/woman. That rule was made because people WERE BEING IGNORED. It's like highschool over there-no thank you. I have enough of my own drama.
And I realize my post was harsh but not directed to anybody in particular, I was just stating my belief regarding the situation. There were some people who said they disagreed with my stance, stated their opinion and left it at that. There were others who stated they disagreed with me, but that I was entitled to my own opinion, and then there were those who decided to bash me. They went far beyond responding harshly, I didn't attack or bash anyone on that site in my statement. But they sure turned on me.
Its fine that you don't want to leave your name, hopefully that liberty on this site will change soon. I wouldn't bash you if you did, thats not what this post is about. I don't agree with a lot of what you said, but hey-whatever. I have a feeling I already know who you are anyways.
