I haven't been on this board too much lately, but has it gotten somewhat...mellow?

I wonder if some of the more biggoted folks had some trouble finding the new site...too difficult?:D

I'm thinking that the board isn't always working quite right.  I've gotten used to not checking if the little balloon doesn't say "new posts".  However, sometimes there have been new posts.  Like now.

BTW, Hi, Rob!  I actually see your picture!  (I hope that is because you are on my friends list--I hope my picture isn't available to the whole world.  I noticed Clyde took his picture down.  I think mine is supposed to just be available to my "friends")

[QUOTE=REteach;35321]Any time we start setting someone apart as "other", we begin flirting with genocide.  Once someone is "other", it becomes much easier to assume they are not like me.  They don't want the same things.  They don't have the same desires.  And, especially, they don't feel pain like I do.[/QUOTE]

I think this is one of the most profound statements ever posted. Thank you for writing/posting this. It puts into words what's been knocking about in my little brain for a very long time. 

Irene.

Thanks, Irene!  You'll see I have a new avatar.  A bit different than the old one--in some ways.  If anyone is wondering, it is an x-ray of someone who is "full of it" so to speak.  :-)

Thanks, Irene!  Maybe it was someone who belongs to FOF?