GAH!

OK, I was going to just cool it and lurk for a while (without making a
smarmy, pity seeking, "my widdle feelings are so hurt I'm going home and not
going to play with you any more" type post). This still isn't *THAT*. I'm
leaving, I'm *NOT* lurking and I don't want *ANYONE* to ask me to please
stay - I won't.

I am *THOROUGHLY* ashamed of this group and ashamed that I haven't
unsubscribed a year or more ago.

This *USED TO BE* a place where friends could gather, talk about their
kitties (or anything else without being fussed at about OT threads),
sympathize with those losing or who have lost a fur-baby (or any other sad
event they may have needed help with to get over)... a place where we
supported each other and stood together, united as a single entity, facing
down any who tried to make this a dirty, hurtful, nasty group like most
other newsgroups have become lately. For *years* we faced down trolls and
sent them packing with their tails between they legs, and *NOT* by attacking
them and calling it "play" - personally, and this is just my sensibilities,
I don't think being deliberately cruel to any sentient creature, not even a
troll, should be called "play", that's a *very* sick concept (and I've never
understood how hurting someone else could take your own hurt away - for me
it would only add to it). The most that used to happen to trolls were that
they left with a few good recipes - because this group was *NEVER* cruel,
*NOT EVER*!

We could have threads *HUNDREDS* of posts long on religion, politics,
*ANYTHING* - debating politely with not one flame or one person getting
their feelings hurt.

My how times have changed!

Now, every post is taken apart, word by word, to check for political
correctness. If it fails the inspection - *ATTACK*! If it passes that
inspection it gets another scanning - did the OP say anything that could
even remotely imply some small wrong-doing is being attributed to one of the
new leaders of the group in *ANY* fashion from *ANY* post (funny, we never
used to have leaders, only friends equal in all things - now we have leaders
telling us what we can and can't post, what we can and can't do, as if this
were a kindergarten and they the adults). If it fails the inspection -
*ATTACK*! If it passes that inspection it gets yet another scanning - did
the OP write about *ANY* subject that might, conceivably, in however obscure
a manner, hurt the feelings of a leader or her followers ("sheeple") who, in
the last six months, have had something bad happen to them (and gosh, a lot
of us are getting up there and don't have the ability to remember everything
about what every poster may has written in the last year or so). If it
fails the inspection - *ATTACK*!

Now by "attack" I don't mean politely correcting someone and then allowing
them to write their reasons, explanations, or apologies for what they wrote
(we allowed for the times that someone may have just needed to "vent"). I
mean "attack" by calling the OP horribly hurtful names, painting them with
the brush of evil, saying "how dare you say such things in the face of
__________'s tragic incident" (when the OP might not have even known of it
or how what was said might, in any way, connect to that incident).

By "attack" I mean having a little email war games planning and coming back
and having all the sheeple of those "leaders" continue with the attack, post
after post after post until the offender has been so battered mentally and
emotionally that s/he leaves the group in tears - and yet even that sadistic
attack isn't enough for the leaders and sheeple. If the OP dare has the
nerve to post again, *EVEN IF IT IS AN APOLOGY*, the attack starts all over
again as in, "well that's all well and good but..." and off it goes again to
be quite sure that the "evil" person has been properly, if metaphorically,
horse-whipped until bloody and down for the count and lying in the gutter
(where *some* people might find it physically easier to kick them). Even if
the OP tries to start a different thread the attack will carry over to there
until they have run the offender out of their private little coffee klatch
(or "The Old Biddies Committee" as I call it - you really should think of
changing the name of the group to that, it fits *SO* much better.

And.

I'm sick of it. I'm sick to death of it down to the bottom of my soul. I
am so ashamed of the people here, barring a few brave long-time posters who
try to ignore all this and still post nicely about their cats or other (in
self-defense) totally innocuous subjects. [But, sadly, even some of the
long-time posters seem to have jumped on the band-wagon - after all the game
of holier-than-thou, more pious of all, most politically correct can be
quite addicting. I won't name names, but I'm sure those, like me, who are
so sick of it that they have left a bit more quietly than I, will know
exactly of whom I speak.] I can, mentally, understand the "why" of it -
some people feel morally superior (sometimes quite wrongly, but what does
truth matter in addiction) by pointing out the (sometimes imaginary) faults
in others. It's in some people's make-up that they need to hurt, or put
someone else down in order to feel their own worth (it's the value of that
worth that they're not seeing, unfortunately). Right now I live a sad life,
but making someone else feel bad has never once crossed my mind because I
would be so ashamed that it would make me feel worse, overall.

At this point I can't even count the number of long-time posters who have
"quietly" left the group, but if you want to see what I mean look at the
threads, for example:

Leader 1: _______ you're being rude, you're an %$# for writing that, [and
other cruelties that I don't even want to think of now].

Sheeple 1: I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum (and yes, I see the hypocrisy in that knowing
what I've been posting most of lately - but I don't preface it with a "me
too" attack on another person.)]

Sheeple 2: I totally agree with you, blah blah blah [hateful
comments].

Leader 2: blah blah blah [hateful comments].

Sheeple 1: I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum].

I have a newsgroup "rule" that highlights, with colors, those posters whom I
don't want to miss when they post, and those posters whom I don't want to
read (I don't use my kill file, going by the credo of "keep your friends
close, but keep you enemies closer - I sometimes want to see what they're
saying about me). With that rule, the person I MOST don't want to read,
whose color is fuchsia, makes my threads window *SO* brightly pink with her
*THOUSANDS" of "me too" posts, that I sometimes feel like I need sunglasses
to read with. Also with that rule, sadly, I can page down 10 or 15 pages
before I see the color of one of my "old-timer" friends. The wisest
old-timers have left this group for nicer, greener pastures. And I guess
you can say I finally wised up because I'm going over to the nice kids'
play-ground and won't even look back as I haul ass out of here.

Hugs (for my friends still here),

CatNipped

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). Have at it!

On 7 May, 15:44, "CatNipped" wrote:

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. *Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. *It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). *Have at it!

Please stay- I for one will miss you and worry about you and I will
miss your cat stories

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On May 7, 11:03*am, Lesley wrote:
On 7 May, 15:44, "CatNipped" wrote:

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. *Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. *It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). *Have at it!

Please stay- I for one will miss you and worry about you and I will
miss your cat stories

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I want to find out where these greener pastures are so I can follow!
Email me privately, okay?

Jane
- owned and operated by the Princess Rita

On May 7, 10:44*am, "CatNipped" wrote:
OK, I was going to just cool it and lurk for a while (without making a
smarmy, pity seeking, "my widdle feelings are so hurt I'm going home and not
going to play with you any more" type post). *This still isn't *THAT*. *I'm
leaving, I'm *NOT* lurking and I don't want *ANYONE* to ask me to please
stay - I won't.

I am *THOROUGHLY* ashamed of this group and ashamed that I haven't
unsubscribed a year or more ago.

This *USED TO BE* a place where friends could gather, talk about their
kitties (or anything else without being fussed at about OT threads),
sympathize with those losing or who have lost a fur-baby (or any other sad
event they may have needed help with to get over)... a place where we
supported each other and stood together, united as a single entity, facing
down any who tried to make this a dirty, hurtful, nasty group like most
other newsgroups have become lately. *For *years* we faced down trolls and
sent them packing with their tails between they legs, and *NOT* by attacking
them and calling it "play" - personally, and this is just my sensibilities,
I don't think being deliberately cruel to any sentient creature, not even a
troll, should be called "play", that's a *very* sick concept (and I've never
understood how hurting someone else could take your own hurt away - for me
it would only add to it). *The most that used to happen to trolls were that
they left with a few good recipes - because this group was *NEVER* cruel,
*NOT EVER*!

We could have threads *HUNDREDS* of posts long on religion, politics,
*ANYTHING* - debating politely with not one flame or one person getting
their feelings hurt.

My how times have changed!

Now, every post is taken apart, word by word, to check for political
correctness. *If it fails the inspection - *ATTACK*! *If it passes that
inspection it gets another scanning - did the OP say anything that could
even remotely imply some small wrong-doing is being attributed to one of the
new leaders of the group in *ANY* fashion from *ANY* post (funny, we never
used to have leaders, only friends equal in all things - now we have leaders
telling us what we can and can't post, what we can and can't do, as if this
were a kindergarten and they the adults). * *If it fails the inspection -
*ATTACK*! *If it passes that inspection it gets yet another scanning - did
the OP write about *ANY* subject that might, conceivably, in however obscure
a manner, hurt the feelings of a leader or her followers ("sheeple") who, in
the last six months, have had something bad happen to them (and gosh, a lot
of us are getting up there and don't have the ability to remember everything
about what every poster may has written in the last year or so). * *If it
fails the inspection - *ATTACK*!

Now by "attack" I don't mean politely correcting someone and then allowing
them to write their reasons, explanations, or apologies for what they wrote
(we allowed for the times that someone may have just needed to "vent"). *I
mean "attack" by calling the OP horribly hurtful names, painting them with
the brush of evil, saying "how dare you say such things in the face of
__________'s tragic incident" (when the OP might not have even known of it
or how what was said might, in any way, connect to that incident).

By "attack" I mean having a little email war games planning and coming back
and having all the sheeple of those "leaders" continue with the attack, post
after post after post until the offender has been so battered mentally and
emotionally that s/he leaves the group in tears - and yet even that sadistic
attack isn't enough for the leaders and sheeple. *If the OP dare has the
nerve to post again, *EVEN IF IT IS AN APOLOGY*, the attack starts all over
again as in, "well that's all well and good but..." and off it goes again to
be quite sure that the "evil" person has been properly, if metaphorically,
horse-whipped until bloody and down for the count and lying in the gutter
(where *some* people might find it physically easier to kick them). *Even if
the OP tries to start a different thread the attack will carry over to there
until they have run the offender out of their private little coffee klatch
(or "The Old Biddies Committee" as I call it - you really should think of
changing the name of the group to that, it fits *SO* much better.

And.

I'm sick of it. *I'm sick to death of it down to the bottom of my soul. *I
am so ashamed of the people here, barring a few brave long-time posters who
try to ignore all this and still post nicely about their cats or other (in
self-defense) totally innocuous subjects. *[But, sadly, even some of the
long-time posters seem to have jumped on the band-wagon - after all the game
of holier-than-thou, more pious of all, most politically correct can be
quite addicting. *I won't name names, but I'm sure those, like me, who are
so sick of it that they have left a bit more quietly than I, will know
exactly of whom I speak.] *I can, mentally, understand the "why" of it -
some people feel morally superior (sometimes quite wrongly, but what does
truth matter in addiction) by pointing out the (sometimes imaginary) faults
in others. *It's in some people's make-up that they need to hurt, or put
someone else down in order to feel their own worth (it's the value of that
worth that they're not seeing, unfortunately). *Right now I live a sad life,
but making someone else feel bad has never once crossed my mind because I
would be so ashamed that it would make me feel worse, overall.

At this point I can't even count the number of long-time posters who have
"quietly" left the group, but if you want to see what I mean look at the
threads, for example:

Leader 1: *_______ you're being rude, you're an %$# for writing that, [and
other cruelties that I don't even want to think of now].

* * *Sheeple 1: *I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum (and yes, I see the hypocrisy in that knowing
what I've been posting most of lately - but I don't preface it with a "me
too" attack on another person.)]

* * *Sheeple 2: *I totally agree with you, blah blah blah [hateful
comments].

Leader 2: blah blah blah [hateful comments].

* * *Sheeple 1: * I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum].

I have a newsgroup "rule" that highlights, with colors, those posters whom I
don't want to miss when they post, and those posters whom I don't want to
read (I don't use my kill file, going by the credo of "keep your friends
close, but keep you enemies closer - I sometimes want to see what they're
saying about me). *With that rule, the person I MOST don't want to read,
whose color is fuchsia, makes my threads window *SO* brightly pink with her
*THOUSANDS" of "me too" posts, that I sometimes feel like I need sunglasses
to read with. *Also with that rule, sadly, I can page down 10 or 15 pages
before I see the color of one of my "old-timer" friends. *The wisest
old-timers have left this group for nicer, greener pastures. *And I guess
you can say I finally wised up because I'm going over to the nice kids'
play-ground and won't even look back as I haul ass out of here.

Hugs (for my friends still here),

CatNipped

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. *Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. *It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). *Have at it!




Hello,

So what does this have to do with artichokes?

They can be used as a medicine, but then that should be as raw, cut up
in the manner of onion rings, and served on top of salad, or better
yet: ground up and hidden in salad: cold sauerkraut, pickled (sliced)
beets, pickled cucumbers w/onion and diced tomatoes (salads in other
words). Or juiced in a centrifugal juicer; mixed with salad dressings
blah blah and so on.

You spelled adnouseyum incorrectly; it is a Latin [why itisnot in the
spellcheck] word and spelled ad nauseam (two words: ad nauseam).

Youare a good writer! You should join talk.bizarre. The rules used to
be: 100 words or more (“this isnot a chat room”), and expect to be
made perfect, because they used to correct everyone of your spelling,
puncutation etc mistakes. Which at first surprised me, because I
always thought the writer did not have to worry about that because he
always had a proofreader. I find spelling to get in the way of my
writings, I want the creativity to flow uninterrupted. I feel worrying
about spelling and punctuation cramps the style of the true writer, so
thank the gods for the spell check. From Web TV, I was the first to
do a piece of 3D art on the internet, and that was before there were
any art programmes. (this was before circles could be done
(everything was square or just lines, which finally caused me to go
near mad)). I was born an artist (drawing), but the art of writing
became by my first love, so now iam trying to get back to the true
creation in me, but writing keeps sucking me in. I absolutely love
writing with a passion, and much of what I write is just me doing my
writing at its best when possible, because I love to play with words
(words bounce so nicely and you never know where they may land;
catching them is even more fun), like a cat with a mouse . . . you
cannot do that on a canvas . . .

Hereis one of my beginning “computer art” art pages (after curved
lines, thus circles were enabled, plus megar art programes). I worked
on it for several years, then moved on. It is nearly a dozen years
old, and by then I had learned computer: http://lillyrouge.tripod.com/enter..html
.. My real art site died for want of food. Those little red dots on my
kitty page http://fluffyfuzzies.com ,
that mark the music, are my favourite works of art. (:

You are an inspiring writer/person, so bring your artistic self back
here once in a while - for the kitty’s sake. Everything changes all
the time . . . Just look at the StockMarket. Smile, things are going
to get worse.

Truly

Truth will set you free, according to Jesus in John 8:32

PS
Take me with half a grain of salt . . . youare supposed to just enjoy
me - iam an artist.

Jane wrote:
On May 7, 11:03 am, Lesley wrote:
On 7 May, 15:44, "CatNipped" wrote:

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). Have at it!
Please stay- I for one will miss you and worry about you and I will
miss your cat stories

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I want to find out where these greener pastures are so I can follow!
Email me privately, okay?

Jane
- owned and operated by the Princess Rita

Me too, please.

Pam S

On May 7, 9:44*am, "CatNipped" wrote:
OK, I was going to just cool it and lurk for a while (without making a
smarmy, pity seeking, "my widdle feelings are so hurt I'm going home and not
going to play with you any more" type post). *This still isn't *THAT*. *I'm
leaving, I'm *NOT* lurking and I don't want *ANYONE* to ask me to please
stay - I won't.

I am *THOROUGHLY* ashamed of this group and ashamed that I haven't
unsubscribed a year or more ago.

This *USED TO BE* a place where friends could gather, talk about their
kitties (or anything else without being fussed at about OT threads),
sympathize with those losing or who have lost a fur-baby (or any other sad
event they may have needed help with to get over)... a place where we
supported each other and stood together, united as a single entity, facing
down any who tried to make this a dirty, hurtful, nasty group like most
other newsgroups have become lately. *For *years* we faced down trolls and
sent them packing with their tails between they legs, and *NOT* by attacking
them and calling it "play" - personally, and this is just my sensibilities,
I don't think being deliberately cruel to any sentient creature, not even a
troll, should be called "play", that's a *very* sick concept (and I've never
understood how hurting someone else could take your own hurt away - for me
it would only add to it). *The most that used to happen to trolls were that
they left with a few good recipes - because this group was *NEVER* cruel,
*NOT EVER*!

We could have threads *HUNDREDS* of posts long on religion, politics,
*ANYTHING* - debating politely with not one flame or one person getting
their feelings hurt.

My how times have changed!

Now, every post is taken apart, word by word, to check for political
correctness. *If it fails the inspection - *ATTACK*! *If it passes that
inspection it gets another scanning - did the OP say anything that could
even remotely imply some small wrong-doing is being attributed to one of the
new leaders of the group in *ANY* fashion from *ANY* post (funny, we never
used to have leaders, only friends equal in all things - now we have leaders
telling us what we can and can't post, what we can and can't do, as if this
were a kindergarten and they the adults). * *If it fails the inspection -
*ATTACK*! *If it passes that inspection it gets yet another scanning - did
the OP write about *ANY* subject that might, conceivably, in however obscure
a manner, hurt the feelings of a leader or her followers ("sheeple") who, in
the last six months, have had something bad happen to them (and gosh, a lot
of us are getting up there and don't have the ability to remember everything
about what every poster may has written in the last year or so). * *If it
fails the inspection - *ATTACK*!

Now by "attack" I don't mean politely correcting someone and then allowing
them to write their reasons, explanations, or apologies for what they wrote
(we allowed for the times that someone may have just needed to "vent"). *I
mean "attack" by calling the OP horribly hurtful names, painting them with
the brush of evil, saying "how dare you say such things in the face of
__________'s tragic incident" (when the OP might not have even known of it
or how what was said might, in any way, connect to that incident).

By "attack" I mean having a little email war games planning and coming back
and having all the sheeple of those "leaders" continue with the attack, post
after post after post until the offender has been so battered mentally and
emotionally that s/he leaves the group in tears - and yet even that sadistic
attack isn't enough for the leaders and sheeple. *If the OP dare has the
nerve to post again, *EVEN IF IT IS AN APOLOGY*, the attack starts all over
again as in, "well that's all well and good but..." and off it goes again to
be quite sure that the "evil" person has been properly, if metaphorically,
horse-whipped until bloody and down for the count and lying in the gutter
(where *some* people might find it physically easier to kick them). *Even if
the OP tries to start a different thread the attack will carry over to there
until they have run the offender out of their private little coffee klatch
(or "The Old Biddies Committee" as I call it - you really should think of
changing the name of the group to that, it fits *SO* much better.

And.

I'm sick of it. *I'm sick to death of it down to the bottom of my soul. *I
am so ashamed of the people here, barring a few brave long-time posters who
try to ignore all this and still post nicely about their cats or other (in
self-defense) totally innocuous subjects. *[But, sadly, even some of the
long-time posters seem to have jumped on the band-wagon - after all the game
of holier-than-thou, more pious of all, most politically correct can be
quite addicting. *I won't name names, but I'm sure those, like me, who are
so sick of it that they have left a bit more quietly than I, will know
exactly of whom I speak.] *I can, mentally, understand the "why" of it -
some people feel morally superior (sometimes quite wrongly, but what does
truth matter in addiction) by pointing out the (sometimes imaginary) faults
in others. *It's in some people's make-up that they need to hurt, or put
someone else down in order to feel their own worth (it's the value of that
worth that they're not seeing, unfortunately). *Right now I live a sad life,
but making someone else feel bad has never once crossed my mind because I
would be so ashamed that it would make me feel worse, overall.

At this point I can't even count the number of long-time posters who have
"quietly" left the group, but if you want to see what I mean look at the
threads, for example:

Leader 1: *_______ you're being rude, you're an %$# for writing that, [and
other cruelties that I don't even want to think of now].

* * *Sheeple 1: *I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum (and yes, I see the hypocrisy in that knowing
what I've been posting most of lately - but I don't preface it with a "me
too" attack on another person.)]

* * *Sheeple 2: *I totally agree with you, blah blah blah [hateful
comments].

Leader 2: blah blah blah [hateful comments].

* * *Sheeple 1: * I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum].

I have a newsgroup "rule" that highlights, with colors, those posters whom I
don't want to miss when they post, and those posters whom I don't want to
read (I don't use my kill file, going by the credo of "keep your friends
close, but keep you enemies closer - I sometimes want to see what they're
saying about me). *With that rule, the person I MOST don't want to read,
whose color is fuchsia, makes my threads window *SO* brightly pink with her
*THOUSANDS" of "me too" posts, that I sometimes feel like I need sunglasses
to read with. *Also with that rule, sadly, I can page down 10 or 15 pages
before I see the color of one of my "old-timer" friends. *The wisest
old-timers have left this group for nicer, greener pastures. *And I guess
you can say I finally wised up because I'm going over to the nice kids'
play-ground and won't even look back as I haul ass out of here.

Hugs (for my friends still here),

CatNipped

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. *Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. *It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). *Have at it!

Sadly, there's a whole lot of truth in this post. I wasn't going to
beg you to stay, because
honestly my thought was, the negativity and mob mentality is NOT good
for you.
But before you H.A., please notice that Yowie/Marina have been kind
enough to repost
some really good material "from the vault". I thoroughly enjoyed it
and I think you would too.
I wouldn't killfile anyone either (even if I could)....but we could
probably do with some
selective reading.

Sherry

On May 7, 8:44*am, "CatNipped" wrote:
OK, I was going to just cool it and lurk for a while (without making a
smarmy, pity seeking, "my widdle feelings are so hurt I'm going home and not
going to play with you any more" type post). *This still isn't *THAT*. *I'm
leaving, I'm *NOT* lurking and I don't want *ANYONE* to ask me to please
stay - I won't.

I am *THOROUGHLY* ashamed of this group and ashamed that I haven't
unsubscribed a year or more ago.

This *USED TO BE* a place where friends could gather, talk about their
kitties (or anything else without being fussed at about OT threads),
sympathize with those losing or who have lost a fur-baby (or any other sad
event they may have needed help with to get over)... a place where we
supported each other and stood together, united as a single entity, facing
down any who tried to make this a dirty, hurtful, nasty group like most
other newsgroups have become lately. *For *years* we faced down trolls and
sent them packing with their tails between they legs, and *NOT* by attacking
them and calling it "play" - personally, and this is just my sensibilities,
I don't think being deliberately cruel to any sentient creature, not even a
troll, should be called "play", that's a *very* sick concept (and I've never
understood how hurting someone else could take your own hurt away - for me
it would only add to it). *The most that used to happen to trolls were that
they left with a few good recipes - because this group was *NEVER* cruel,
*NOT EVER*!

We could have threads *HUNDREDS* of posts long on religion, politics,
*ANYTHING* - debating politely with not one flame or one person getting
their feelings hurt.

My how times have changed!

Now, every post is taken apart, word by word, to check for political
correctness. *If it fails the inspection - *ATTACK*! *If it passes that
inspection it gets another scanning - did the OP say anything that could
even remotely imply some small wrong-doing is being attributed to one of the
new leaders of the group in *ANY* fashion from *ANY* post (funny, we never
used to have leaders, only friends equal in all things - now we have leaders
telling us what we can and can't post, what we can and can't do, as if this
were a kindergarten and they the adults). * *If it fails the inspection -
*ATTACK*! *If it passes that inspection it gets yet another scanning - did
the OP write about *ANY* subject that might, conceivably, in however obscure
a manner, hurt the feelings of a leader or her followers ("sheeple") who, in
the last six months, have had something bad happen to them (and gosh, a lot
of us are getting up there and don't have the ability to remember everything
about what every poster may has written in the last year or so). * *If it
fails the inspection - *ATTACK*!

Now by "attack" I don't mean politely correcting someone and then allowing
them to write their reasons, explanations, or apologies for what they wrote
(we allowed for the times that someone may have just needed to "vent"). *I
mean "attack" by calling the OP horribly hurtful names, painting them with
the brush of evil, saying "how dare you say such things in the face of
__________'s tragic incident" (when the OP might not have even known of it
or how what was said might, in any way, connect to that incident).

By "attack" I mean having a little email war games planning and coming back
and having all the sheeple of those "leaders" continue with the attack, post
after post after post until the offender has been so battered mentally and
emotionally that s/he leaves the group in tears - and yet even that sadistic
attack isn't enough for the leaders and sheeple. *If the OP dare has the
nerve to post again, *EVEN IF IT IS AN APOLOGY*, the attack starts all over
again as in, "well that's all well and good but..." and off it goes again to
be quite sure that the "evil" person has been properly, if metaphorically,
horse-whipped until bloody and down for the count and lying in the gutter
(where *some* people might find it physically easier to kick them). *Even if
the OP tries to start a different thread the attack will carry over to there
until they have run the offender out of their private little coffee klatch
(or "The Old Biddies Committee" as I call it - you really should think of
changing the name of the group to that, it fits *SO* much better.

And.

I'm sick of it. *I'm sick to death of it down to the bottom of my soul. *I
am so ashamed of the people here, barring a few brave long-time posters who
try to ignore all this and still post nicely about their cats or other (in
self-defense) totally innocuous subjects. *[But, sadly, even some of the
long-time posters seem to have jumped on the band-wagon - after all the game
of holier-than-thou, more pious of all, most politically correct can be
quite addicting. *I won't name names, but I'm sure those, like me, who are
so sick of it that they have left a bit more quietly than I, will know
exactly of whom I speak.] *I can, mentally, understand the "why" of it -
some people feel morally superior (sometimes quite wrongly, but what does
truth matter in addiction) by pointing out the (sometimes imaginary) faults
in others. *It's in some people's make-up that they need to hurt, or put
someone else down in order to feel their own worth (it's the value of that
worth that they're not seeing, unfortunately). *Right now I live a sad life,
but making someone else feel bad has never once crossed my mind because I
would be so ashamed that it would make me feel worse, overall.

At this point I can't even count the number of long-time posters who have
"quietly" left the group, but if you want to see what I mean look at the
threads, for example:

Leader 1: *_______ you're being rude, you're an %$# for writing that, [and
other cruelties that I don't even want to think of now].

* * *Sheeple 1: *I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum (and yes, I see the hypocrisy in that knowing
what I've been posting most of lately - but I don't preface it with a "me
too" attack on another person.)]

* * *Sheeple 2: *I totally agree with you, blah blah blah [hateful
comments].

Leader 2: blah blah blah [hateful comments].

* * *Sheeple 1: * I totally agree with you, that person is horrible. *It
makes my aches and pains even worse to read that [and more blather that
we've been hearing ad nauseum].

I have a newsgroup "rule" that highlights, with colors, those posters whom I
don't want to miss when they post, and those posters whom I don't want to
read (I don't use my kill file, going by the credo of "keep your friends
close, but keep you enemies closer - I sometimes want to see what they're
saying about me). *With that rule, the person I MOST don't want to read,
whose color is fuchsia, makes my threads window *SO* brightly pink with her
*THOUSANDS" of "me too" posts, that I sometimes feel like I need sunglasses
to read with. *Also with that rule, sadly, I can page down 10 or 15 pages
before I see the color of one of my "old-timer" friends. *The wisest
old-timers have left this group for nicer, greener pastures. *And I guess
you can say I finally wised up because I'm going over to the nice kids'
play-ground and won't even look back as I haul ass out of here.

Hugs (for my friends still here),

CatNipped

Now, come on, even if I won't see it, y'all show everyone else an example of
what I was talking about in this post. *Really go for it - I have *SO* many
vulnerabilities right now that I'm easy pickings. *It ought to be a breeze
to knock me down for the count and then stomp on me (those whose knees can
take it). *Have at it!

Beatcha to it. This is one of my non-Goog nicks. I think you know
whozit sez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqmMo...eature=related

"CatNipped" wrote:
My how times have changed!

Now, every post is taken apart, word by word, to check for political
correctness. If it fails the inspection - *ATTACK*! If it passes that
inspection it gets another scanning - did the OP say anything that could
even remotely imply some small wrong-doing is being attributed to one of the
new leaders of the group in *ANY* fashion from *ANY* post (funny, we never
used to have leaders, only friends equal in all things - now we have leaders
telling us what we can and can't post, what we can and can't do, as if this
were a kindergarten and they the adults).

I haven't noticed these posts, probably because I tend to jump around,
and skip over threads when they get very long.

But everyone here is merely hoomin, and as long as there are slaves
here who like writing about their kitties, I'll consider this a place
worth coming back to, and I hope that you will too, as well as others
that may be disillusioned.

Objectively, I feel that this group inherently gravitates towards
being a pleasant one, not just because of its membership, which will
change over time, but because of its topic. A poster may get into a
flame war in H&B because there will always be strong opinions and
legitimate controversies in medical treatment and behavior, but that
same poster will be welcome to come here and post about upside-downy
heads and feather toys, about which there is much less contention.

And for that and other reasons, I'll always believe that the group can
get through rough patches when they appear, and that it'll be worth
checking back.