Can't sit back and read these attacks anymore

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

As a total newbie to this Group, forgive me for providing a somewhat

lengthy opinion on the debate that has been boiling over for the

last day re: the petition site. I feel very compelled to do so,

because I have been reading the responses to 's email and I'm

appalled by the lack of respect and understanding in these responses.

(By the way, I was the one who asked about whether anyone knew of

any evidence that pointed to LDN helping those with Fibromyalgia. I

did not receive any responses yet, so I'm assuming at this point, no

one has any experience with this. I have Fibromyalgia and I'm

hopeful that LDN might help me with my painful condition.)

Back to the issues at hand; took an action that was motivated

by her conscience. I worked for the pro-life (anti-abortion)

movement for over ten years and I share her pro-life beliefs. Now,

I do agree with many of you that it was perhaps misguided to tell

people not to sign the petition because there was an ad for a pro-

abortion rally on the same site that sponsored the petition.

Obviously, if we were publishing the results of a petition or

announcing the petition in one of our daily newspapers there might

also be in that same newspaper a similar ad promoting the abortion

ad. It is virtually impossible to completely avoid media outlets of

any sort that will publish ads with which we disagree.

As many of you have pointed out, one ad does not necessarily have

anything to do with the LDN petition. However, one must admit that

the www.care2.com site is quite left leaning and pro-Democrat (not

that there's anything wrong with that if you happen to think

abortion is fine...) and anyone who knows anything about politics

should realize that this type of environmental web site will not

hesitate to post a pro-abortion ad now AND IN THE FUTURE - I

guarantee it.

Let's imagine that this was a radical right wing site which posted

ads inviting readers to attend a Neo-Nazi Rally? Would any of you

think for maybe just the slightest moment that this site might NOT

be the right one to use for your petition? You just might. 's

conviction on abortion is the same as our convictions (I hope we

would all share that conviction) that the neo-Nazi movement is

evil. Think about this comparison.

's conviction about abortion is a deeply held one that compels

her to distance herself from any site that might seem to be

promoting abortion. Perhaps she is being a bit too scrupulous and

unrealistic, hence I don't agree with her that the petition should

not be signed because of the ad in question, but I understand her

concern and I commend her for the courage of her convictions.

Perhaps she could have handled this situation differently. I must

say though that as a new reader looking in from an objective

distance (I have not yet come to experience the benefits of LDN),

I'm completely taken aback at the angry, volatile responses that

have been posted as a result of 's stand. Calm down people and

have some respect for a woman who did what she felt she had to do.

Some have accused her of letting emotion get in the way of rational

thinking. Perhaps those of you condemning so harshly should

read back to some of YOUR emails and determine exactly whose emotion

is getting the better of them.

Again, I apologize for this lengthy posting from someone who hasn't

really earned the right to post a treatise as such, but MY

conscience (aren't they nasty things?) led me to do this.