Hello Bob!
20 Jul 97 02:57, Bob Moylan wrote to Steven Godbe:
 BM> For whatever reasons neither you or "Dr" Dot care to discuss
 BM> anything about what her qualifications are.  Your statements that
 BM> she is a 'classy lady', 'generous of herself' and 'praiseworthy'
 BM> are non sequiturs
Bob, I'll say it one last time.  I don't care to discuss her with you
or anyone anymore.  I won't.  No one wanted to hear what I had to say
upon the subject anyway.  I'm sufficiently satisfied that her choice
to leave the echo with one post was the correct choice for her.  It's
the echo's loss, not hers.  That's it.  Exhaust yourself, demean yourself,
I don't care, I won't respond again on this subject.
 BM> Your interest in ADD/ADHD was not questioned by anyone.  You
 BM> volunteered the information that both you and your wife have been
 BM> diagnosed with ADD and that you and your brother have struggled
 BM> with learning disabilities all your lives.
Okay, and I'm not SUPPOSED to discuss on-topic personal information
for some reason, that strikes you as odd, that I should have volunteered
personal information which also happened to be on-topic?
 BM> > I notice now that you have, despite your protestations to the
 BM> contrary, become embroiled in exchanges that no longer mention
 BM> "Dr" Dot or ADD/ADHD but do have the appearance of attempts to
 BM> dissect the character of individuals.
I'm human too.  I respond to provocation with genuine human emotion.
I'm endeavoring to ramp it down, care to join me in that goal?  You
know, the emotional heat may well have been warm, but there was
legitimate content to those posts, too.
 BM> If the person who posts in that manner
 BM> can't (or won't) stand up to questioning then the only reasonable
 BM> assumption is that the person either has an agenda, is trolling
 BM> or is just plain full of ca-ca.
It might also be that they choose to spend their time and share the
benefits of their experience and association with people who are more
pleasant to spend time with, and who are able to recognize value when
they see it.  Or, it might be they decided that "life is too short"
and chose another place or pursuit.  I find it incomprehensible that
you find it odd some people would rather leave than deal with an
inhospitable welcome.
 BM> What has been helpful to me is reading about what others are
 BM> doing to help their child with ADHD and offering what we have
 BM> done to help our child.
I don't HAVE a child, Bob, but I HAVE several times volunteered
things I have experienced or found helpful.  You must have missed them.
You might also have missed that I've volunteered time and directed
many people to ADHD groups locally, as well as made this conference
available to them on my bbs.  BTW, I DO have several nephews who do
exhibit symptomology often identified as ADHD.
 BM> You don't have an relatives named Kelley by any chance?
Should I?   I've read a few of Jane Kelly's posts, and I honestly
don't know what has everyone so ready to take pot shots at her.  I've
no significant experience with her, but I must say, statements like
this last one of yours don't impress me much.
Steven
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