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Sept. 24, 2006 I admit I was first lured to UK by someone who was negative in every possible way. I found him the exception at that time. I have never been a blogger and to this day have never entered a chat room. I do enjoy writing even though I know I am not very good at it. When I do write, it is usually about something I have experienced, or someone or something that touched me or that I feel passionately about. It is cathartic and sometimes reveals things I didn't even know about myself, or maybe just didn't acknowledge. I appreciated finding someone took the time to read something I wrote, and I actually did and do appreciate the criticism. I of course also love hearing that someone enjoyed it, or identified, with it, and even that they disagree. It seemed when I wrote the first time here it was respectful, clearly people who enjoyed the same exchanges. I saw it take an ugly turn, and just disappeared from the space. Who really needs that? I'm not bored, I have a lot going on in my life, and this was just a just a place to exercise a little guilty pleasure, and challenge myself to start and finish an article and summon the guts to press the send button. People were harrassed, maligned, and flat lied about by a couple of people in the UK family. Who were these bitter aggressive people and where did they come from? I admired those who fought back and didn't cave, and I admittedly wasn't one of them. I am basically a pretty positive person, and I could feel the negative vibes whenever I visited. I finally took UK off of my bookmarks and forgot about it. Then one day I thought I would check it out and see if it was status quo. I was so happy to see someone had taken control, and a real attempt to take UK back from being some kind of adult double ugly slam book had been initiated. I hope that it can continue to roll in that direction. Don't forget that we all read the op-eds to see who is saying what and if we agree or disagree. I enjoy reading the the articles that make me think, and even the ones that scare me a little because they all make us a little more aware of how powerful words can be. I believe we have the potential for a great UK here, and if we can just disagree respectfully even if the subject is something we feel passionately about we can create a place that we all come to with a feeling of appreciation for the privilege of being able to express ourselves, no matter how innate, or eloquent the writer. We all show up to Thanksgiving with a room full of people we see once a year for a reason, but we do have the potential to be a nice little dysfunctional family like most if we try, and we don't ever have to see each other. ------------ About the author: Joy Taylor, a mom, who use to be somebody's daughter. Email: canadianmounted@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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