First of all lets look at things statistically......
With over 157,000 messages on the forum alone, not counting the blogs I think those posts in ?? are quite a small %.
Granted the ones you mention can be hurtful, seem mean, uncalled for, unjustified and often immature. HOWEVER; anytime you bring in the topics of politics, religion, child rearing etc thrown in with a chronic illness things tend to get more heated/passionate IMHO then the average group with the same topics.
I am not encouraging losing our tempers etc. What I am saying is that I think considering how many people fly thru here daily and post messages that we are pretty darn lucky. You have the same thing outside the virtual world. Some handle situations with no cursing and some dont. That is human nature.
I also think as its been said that we need to decide if the happenings on a site from the World Wide Web are going to impact us so much that we choose to ignore the benefits. Some say get a tougher skin. Some say dont be so cruel.
One thing I can tell you from the ten years of being a member is that chances of these things never happening is impossible. We go thru waves of it. Jeanne/I always kid that its a full moon when issues arise.
Please just take the good and dont take the rest to heart. You cant change it permanently and if that means you dont find us supportive in the grand scheme of things I am sorry to hear this.
With over 157,000 messages on the forum alone, not counting the blogs I think those posts in ?? are quite a small %.
Granted the ones you mention can be hurtful, seem mean, uncalled for, unjustified and often immature. HOWEVER; anytime you bring in the topics of politics, religion, child rearing etc thrown in with a chronic illness things tend to get more heated/passionate IMHO then the average group with the same topics.
I am not encouraging losing our tempers etc. What I am saying is that I think considering how many people fly thru here daily and post messages that we are pretty darn lucky. You have the same thing outside the virtual world. Some handle situations with no cursing and some dont. That is human nature.
I also think as its been said that we need to decide if the happenings on a site from the World Wide Web are going to impact us so much that we choose to ignore the benefits. Some say get a tougher skin. Some say dont be so cruel.
One thing I can tell you from the ten years of being a member is that chances of these things never happening is impossible. We go thru waves of it. Jeanne/I always kid that its a full moon when issues arise.
Please just take the good and dont take the rest to heart. You cant change it permanently and if that means you dont find us supportive in the grand scheme of things I am sorry to hear this.