yes-- things have taken a turn for the worse.. all over the board.

i think that we, of all the people in the world should realize that The pen is a mightier sceptor than the sword. Words do have the power to hurt-- and there have been seveal threads that have just gone beyond what is acceptable. In one thread- you guys even noticed and commented on the lack of one half of the board posting -- we might have read it, but we did nothing to encourage it.

one of the really nice things about this board, is nothing is off limits.. within reason. but its not going to be very fun if every thread has posts with derogitory comments.

i think what is missing is wit-- a sly, double entre is fun-- you laugh before you blush . but thats not what we've had of late. of late, way to many post have been using words as swords-- and we woman (and ladies) have been cut to the quick.

WO'N included a poem, that expresses an idea that today is unacceptable.. the idea of physically beating a wife. Most of western society has reach a concensus this is not accepblable behaviour. but we still have problem with language. there are no "wopersons" -- but it is still very easy to use words to dis-- (fill in any number of words, ~miss, ~parage, ~enfranchize, ~member) women.

and if we women go off on a rant, as i am, it is all to easy to label us hysterical-- and yes, dr bill we know the root of the word.

i going to chalk it up to end of summer mischief-- and expect it all to end very quickly.




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