Okay....I think I need to say it....I think you need to hear it....I know some may groan, some may smile, but its coming up from my gut, and has to be expressed....
You...All....ROCK....
Ahhhh, that felt good to say, in my 'enlightend self interest' kinda way...
I've been reading this post, and thinking, man, this sounds like it could be my family's debate over dinner...and then I thought....this IS my family...my KA family that I joined years ago....and I smile...why?
Because we ASkickers can really dish it out, I know I can, especially when I've been in a flare!! Maybe AS gives us more guts to say what's on our minds, and we all have different beliefs, and we all come here to KA in different moods, looking for help, advice, and someone to lean on....we all need...someone...to lean on...
And I know from experience that typing something in an email or IM can be interpreted differently than if you were speaking to that person face to face, and I can often type away when I'm happy and really really angry...and if I was sitting with that person I emailed it could be a different conversation.
I do think that the main forum is where we need to be inclusive, as we are and have always been a site that welcomes ASkickers from all over the world. That means welcoming people who are from backgrounds that I may not comprehend or agree with, but this much is true, we have AS, and that is what we are here to help with....any subject should be fair game in the main forum, as when a tragedy or a birth occurs, but keep in mind that in the main forum, people are reading and getting first impressions, and if they are turned off they will leave and perhaps lose out on some vital AS information that they desperately needed.
I am really glad that snotbox is staying, and that this discussion happened. We all may not agree on some subjects, but we can agree to offer any advice we can about AS to another person in pain.
There's a preacher here who says "I love this place!" and I echo his words...
Peace, ROCK on it everyone-
Linc
