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izemmom

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OK. First of all, reading the "banter" between the two Emily's gave me both a headache, and a very bad feeling about the next 18 or so years of my life. Are ALL of you Emily's like that???? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0"> Just kidding. I love you both and enjoyed your viewpoints. You both write well.

Secondly, Emily65, I resent the implication that we "mothers and therefore older" don't know the Onion. I was an Onion fan before it was a website. Back when it was just a free paper that I picked up in the restaurant we went to eat breakfast at after bar time. Never mind how many years ago that was... Again, just kidding...I got a chuckle out of your comment, actually.

Third, I stumbled upon this the same way, by Googling CF Fundraising. At first I, too was upset by it, and felt that it was in poor taste, even for my beloved Onion. Then I wondered how I would have felt had a "cause" other than CF been used. I probably would have laughed and not thought so much about the implications.

Anyway, I have nothing new to add to this thread, and its really, really late. Just my two cents.
 
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izemmom

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OK. First of all, reading the "banter" between the two Emily's gave me both a headache, and a very bad feeling about the next 18 or so years of my life. Are ALL of you Emily's like that???? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0"> Just kidding. I love you both and enjoyed your viewpoints. You both write well.

Secondly, Emily65, I resent the implication that we "mothers and therefore older" don't know the Onion. I was an Onion fan before it was a website. Back when it was just a free paper that I picked up in the restaurant we went to eat breakfast at after bar time. Never mind how many years ago that was... Again, just kidding...I got a chuckle out of your comment, actually.

Third, I stumbled upon this the same way, by Googling CF Fundraising. At first I, too was upset by it, and felt that it was in poor taste, even for my beloved Onion. Then I wondered how I would have felt had a "cause" other than CF been used. I probably would have laughed and not thought so much about the implications.

Anyway, I have nothing new to add to this thread, and its really, really late. Just my two cents.
 
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izemmom

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OK. First of all, reading the "banter" between the two Emily's gave me both a headache, and a very bad feeling about the next 18 or so years of my life. Are ALL of you Emily's like that???? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0"> Just kidding. I love you both and enjoyed your viewpoints. You both write well.

Secondly, Emily65, I resent the implication that we "mothers and therefore older" don't know the Onion. I was an Onion fan before it was a website. Back when it was just a free paper that I picked up in the restaurant we went to eat breakfast at after bar time. Never mind how many years ago that was... Again, just kidding...I got a chuckle out of your comment, actually.

Third, I stumbled upon this the same way, by Googling CF Fundraising. At first I, too was upset by it, and felt that it was in poor taste, even for my beloved Onion. Then I wondered how I would have felt had a "cause" other than CF been used. I probably would have laughed and not thought so much about the implications.

Anyway, I have nothing new to add to this thread, and its really, really late. Just my two cents.
 
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izemmom

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OK. First of all, reading the "banter" between the two Emily's gave me both a headache, and a very bad feeling about the next 18 or so years of my life. Are ALL of you Emily's like that???? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0"> Just kidding. I love you both and enjoyed your viewpoints. You both write well.

Secondly, Emily65, I resent the implication that we "mothers and therefore older" don't know the Onion. I was an Onion fan before it was a website. Back when it was just a free paper that I picked up in the restaurant we went to eat breakfast at after bar time. Never mind how many years ago that was... Again, just kidding...I got a chuckle out of your comment, actually.

Third, I stumbled upon this the same way, by Googling CF Fundraising. At first I, too was upset by it, and felt that it was in poor taste, even for my beloved Onion. Then I wondered how I would have felt had a "cause" other than CF been used. I probably would have laughed and not thought so much about the implications.

Anyway, I have nothing new to add to this thread, and its really, really late. Just my two cents.
 
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izemmom

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OK. First of all, reading the "banter" between the two Emily's gave me both a headache, and a very bad feeling about the next 18 or so years of my life. Are ALL of you Emily's like that???? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0"> Just kidding. I love you both and enjoyed your viewpoints. You both write well.
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<br />Secondly, Emily65, I resent the implication that we "mothers and therefore older" don't know the Onion. I was an Onion fan before it was a website. Back when it was just a free paper that I picked up in the restaurant we went to eat breakfast at after bar time. Never mind how many years ago that was... Again, just kidding...I got a chuckle out of your comment, actually.
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<br />Third, I stumbled upon this the same way, by Googling CF Fundraising. At first I, too was upset by it, and felt that it was in poor taste, even for my beloved Onion. Then I wondered how I would have felt had a "cause" other than CF been used. I probably would have laughed and not thought so much about the implications.
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<br />Anyway, I have nothing new to add to this thread, and its really, really late. Just my two cents.
 
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Emily65Roses

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i>
I don't know if it's because most of you are mothers (and therefore older), but The Onion is pretty widely known throughout my age group.</end quote></div>

I said I didn't know! Hahahaha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Emily65Roses

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i>
I don't know if it's because most of you are mothers (and therefore older), but The Onion is pretty widely known throughout my age group.</end quote></div>

I said I didn't know! Hahahaha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Emily65Roses

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i>
I don't know if it's because most of you are mothers (and therefore older), but The Onion is pretty widely known throughout my age group.</end quote></div>

I said I didn't know! Hahahaha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Emily65Roses

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i>
I don't know if it's because most of you are mothers (and therefore older), but The Onion is pretty widely known throughout my age group.</end quote>

I said I didn't know! Hahahaha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Emily65Roses

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i>
<br />I don't know if it's because most of you are mothers (and therefore older), but The Onion is pretty widely known throughout my age group.</end quote>
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<br />I said I didn't know! Hahahaha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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froggymama

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I logged onto the woman's website who reposted this article and was disgusted by the way she spoke to the parents of kids with CF (who had commented on her blog). This was my comment to her:

The satire is obvious. You're correct. And I've been a reader of 'The Onion' for years and have been equally amused and offended. I understand the importance of satire as a way for our society to become self-aware and challenge the status quo. And I acknowledge that the writer's intent was to enlighten us all on the irony of charities refusing charity. Ahh, so funny. I especially enjoyed the bit about the CF kids choking on their own mucous. Freaking hilarious. I laughed so hard I choked on my own mucous and almost died myself. So funny, well maybe not as funny as a kid dying. (Did you understand I was being facetious?) No, then perhaps you should go read some Oscar Wilde for a jolly good lesson in wit and sarcasm. Seriously, as a parent of a two-year-old girl with CF, I'm offended more by your sarcastic tone, than by the article itself. I understand satire and irony and yes, I've even read Jonathon Swift, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- But the way in which you're talking to parents of kids with CF with such a demeaning manner, accusing them of being so completely clueless to your superior intellect is reprehensible. Maybe Nedra, while taking a satirical jab at the nonprofit sector, this article actually jabbed the families living with CF everyday. Because I don't see any nonprofits responding to this article or to you. And maybe that's the real irony. Maybe satire is a sort of glass where beholders discover everyone's face but their own. If you really want to help the world, satire is great, but a donation is even better. www.cff.org
 
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froggymama

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I logged onto the woman's website who reposted this article and was disgusted by the way she spoke to the parents of kids with CF (who had commented on her blog). This was my comment to her:

The satire is obvious. You're correct. And I've been a reader of 'The Onion' for years and have been equally amused and offended. I understand the importance of satire as a way for our society to become self-aware and challenge the status quo. And I acknowledge that the writer's intent was to enlighten us all on the irony of charities refusing charity. Ahh, so funny. I especially enjoyed the bit about the CF kids choking on their own mucous. Freaking hilarious. I laughed so hard I choked on my own mucous and almost died myself. So funny, well maybe not as funny as a kid dying. (Did you understand I was being facetious?) No, then perhaps you should go read some Oscar Wilde for a jolly good lesson in wit and sarcasm. Seriously, as a parent of a two-year-old girl with CF, I'm offended more by your sarcastic tone, than by the article itself. I understand satire and irony and yes, I've even read Jonathon Swift, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- But the way in which you're talking to parents of kids with CF with such a demeaning manner, accusing them of being so completely clueless to your superior intellect is reprehensible. Maybe Nedra, while taking a satirical jab at the nonprofit sector, this article actually jabbed the families living with CF everyday. Because I don't see any nonprofits responding to this article or to you. And maybe that's the real irony. Maybe satire is a sort of glass where beholders discover everyone's face but their own. If you really want to help the world, satire is great, but a donation is even better. www.cff.org
 
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froggymama

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I logged onto the woman's website who reposted this article and was disgusted by the way she spoke to the parents of kids with CF (who had commented on her blog). This was my comment to her:

The satire is obvious. You're correct. And I've been a reader of 'The Onion' for years and have been equally amused and offended. I understand the importance of satire as a way for our society to become self-aware and challenge the status quo. And I acknowledge that the writer's intent was to enlighten us all on the irony of charities refusing charity. Ahh, so funny. I especially enjoyed the bit about the CF kids choking on their own mucous. Freaking hilarious. I laughed so hard I choked on my own mucous and almost died myself. So funny, well maybe not as funny as a kid dying. (Did you understand I was being facetious?) No, then perhaps you should go read some Oscar Wilde for a jolly good lesson in wit and sarcasm. Seriously, as a parent of a two-year-old girl with CF, I'm offended more by your sarcastic tone, than by the article itself. I understand satire and irony and yes, I've even read Jonathon Swift, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- But the way in which you're talking to parents of kids with CF with such a demeaning manner, accusing them of being so completely clueless to your superior intellect is reprehensible. Maybe Nedra, while taking a satirical jab at the nonprofit sector, this article actually jabbed the families living with CF everyday. Because I don't see any nonprofits responding to this article or to you. And maybe that's the real irony. Maybe satire is a sort of glass where beholders discover everyone's face but their own. If you really want to help the world, satire is great, but a donation is even better. www.cff.org
 
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froggymama

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I logged onto the woman's website who reposted this article and was disgusted by the way she spoke to the parents of kids with CF (who had commented on her blog). This was my comment to her:

The satire is obvious. You're correct. And I've been a reader of 'The Onion' for years and have been equally amused and offended. I understand the importance of satire as a way for our society to become self-aware and challenge the status quo. And I acknowledge that the writer's intent was to enlighten us all on the irony of charities refusing charity. Ahh, so funny. I especially enjoyed the bit about the CF kids choking on their own mucous. Freaking hilarious. I laughed so hard I choked on my own mucous and almost died myself. So funny, well maybe not as funny as a kid dying. (Did you understand I was being facetious?) No, then perhaps you should go read some Oscar Wilde for a jolly good lesson in wit and sarcasm. Seriously, as a parent of a two-year-old girl with CF, I'm offended more by your sarcastic tone, than by the article itself. I understand satire and irony and yes, I've even read Jonathon Swift, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- But the way in which you're talking to parents of kids with CF with such a demeaning manner, accusing them of being so completely clueless to your superior intellect is reprehensible. Maybe Nedra, while taking a satirical jab at the nonprofit sector, this article actually jabbed the families living with CF everyday. Because I don't see any nonprofits responding to this article or to you. And maybe that's the real irony. Maybe satire is a sort of glass where beholders discover everyone's face but their own. If you really want to help the world, satire is great, but a donation is even better. www.cff.org
 
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froggymama

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I logged onto the woman's website who reposted this article and was disgusted by the way she spoke to the parents of kids with CF (who had commented on her blog). This was my comment to her:
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<br />The satire is obvious. You're correct. And I've been a reader of 'The Onion' for years and have been equally amused and offended. I understand the importance of satire as a way for our society to become self-aware and challenge the status quo. And I acknowledge that the writer's intent was to enlighten us all on the irony of charities refusing charity. Ahh, so funny. I especially enjoyed the bit about the CF kids choking on their own mucous. Freaking hilarious. I laughed so hard I choked on my own mucous and almost died myself. So funny, well maybe not as funny as a kid dying. (Did you understand I was being facetious?) No, then perhaps you should go read some Oscar Wilde for a jolly good lesson in wit and sarcasm. Seriously, as a parent of a two-year-old girl with CF, I'm offended more by your sarcastic tone, than by the article itself. I understand satire and irony and yes, I've even read Jonathon Swift, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"-- But the way in which you're talking to parents of kids with CF with such a demeaning manner, accusing them of being so completely clueless to your superior intellect is reprehensible. Maybe Nedra, while taking a satirical jab at the nonprofit sector, this article actually jabbed the families living with CF everyday. Because I don't see any nonprofits responding to this article or to you. And maybe that's the real irony. Maybe satire is a sort of glass where beholders discover everyone's face but their own. If you really want to help the world, satire is great, but a donation is even better. www.cff.org
 
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AbbysMama

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I'm impressed froggymama. Thank you for doing what I only thought about.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Emily
 
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AbbysMama

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I'm impressed froggymama. Thank you for doing what I only thought about.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Emily
 
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AbbysMama

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I'm impressed froggymama. Thank you for doing what I only thought about.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Emily
 
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AbbysMama

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I'm impressed froggymama. Thank you for doing what I only thought about.

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Emily
 
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AbbysMama

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I'm impressed froggymama. Thank you for doing what I only thought about.
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