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 Welcome Thread - Newcomers Say Hello Here! August 23, 2006 2:50 PM

It occurs to me that we've not had a "Welcome" thread in years for those who recently join Hot Debates. Feel free to introduce yourself here, as well as what you hope to get out of membership in this group. Also, there are pinned threads regarding group guidelines, as well as previously discussed topics and themes. Please review them, where possible, so as to avoid duplication. Welcome aboard.  [ send green star]
 
 October 19, 2006 1:44 PM

My thanks to the hosts and members who strive to create an atmosphere where debate and controversy can be engaged in and bear good fruit.

Since joining Care2 over a year ago I have hoped to find a forum where honest discussion and debate took place without yielding to the temptation to become Jerry Springer Online. The threads in this group, with few exceptions, reveal a clear intent to educate while debating - without losing the quirkiness and delight of unique personalities.

Convictions and strong opinions are usually held by people for reasons they feel are sound. Discussion and debate can provide incredible opportunities to learn - if we're honestly seeking to understand the beliefs of someone we disagree with - and, perhaps just as importantly, how they came to hold those beliefs.

Gaining that sort of knowledge is not equivalent to embracing an ideology. Listening carefully and seeking to learn - especially when issues foster a warm response in our hearts - may be the most direct way to avoid conflicts which can be deeply regretted later.

I am grateful for each of you who make this group an exceptional example of what debate can be on Care2. You give me hope.  [ send green star]
 
 October 19, 2006 1:56 PM


I'm the quirky one.

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 October 19, 2006 2:58 PM

HELLO, MY NAME IS MARIE AND I FOUND THIS GROUP QUITE BY ACCIDENT.   I LOVE DEBATES, THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEGE, DIFFERENT IDEAS  WHETHER IT IS A  POPULAR IDEA OR NOT. I LIKE DEBATING OTHER PEOPLES VIEWS, EITHER TO GAIN MORE INFO, OR TO EXPRESS MY OWN.  I HOPE TO HAVE FUN ALSO AND I DO NOT TAKE THINGS PERSONAL.  I ALWAYS BELEIVE THE OTHER PERSON MAY BE GETTING FUSTRATED BECAUSE THE POINT THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE MAY NOT BE COMING THROUGH.  IT IS EASIER TO TALK, TO HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WORDS, THAN TO WRITE.  THEN YOU PUT YOUR OWN SOUNDS ON THE WORDS AND IT MAY NOT BE WHAT WAS CONVEYED.  THAT WILL BE THE ONE OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME.  SINCE I AM NEW HERE, I WILL STILL NEED TIME TO BECOME COMFORTABLE IN EXPRESSING MY VIEWS.   THANKS FOR THE WELCOME.    [ send green star]
 
 October 22, 2006 2:12 PM

Welcome Dennis and Marie. It is my hope you will find the forum open-minded with respect to all ideas and "sides"...yet not (generally) prone to personal insults against those who hold certain opinions.  [ send green star]
 
hi November 11, 2006 11:18 AM

ummmm that's all I have to debate, I am too busy dancing in the moonlight  [ send green star]
 
 June 29, 2007 8:24 PM

You should rename this thread "The Newb Grinder."

And they all must enter...

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 June 29, 2007 8:27 PM

What the hell. I am bored.

Newcomers-Say hello here! no longer. 

It is become t3h noob grinder. 






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 June 29, 2007 9:02 PM

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Yum ... June 29, 2007 9:22 PM

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I hardly ever post here ... June 29, 2007 9:23 PM

Does that make me a newb by proxy? 

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"The Newb Grinder" ... June 29, 2007 9:23 PM

Looks awfully strange coming from EMG. 



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 June 29, 2007 9:26 PM

It does. 

Needed to laugh, though. 
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It's a good one ... June 29, 2007 9:27 PM

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anonymous  June 29, 2007 9:31 PM

But you only put people through that grinder.  Not birds.  Right?  [report anonymous abuse]
 
I don't think ... June 29, 2007 9:35 PM

"Newb" specifically refers to "people" ... I could be wrong. 

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 June 29, 2007 9:46 PM

 Oh, great, Lulu is back.  We just let ANYONE in here these days.     [ send green star]
 
 June 29, 2007 9:54 PM

Um...NOT.  [ send green star]
 
anonymous  June 29, 2007 9:54 PM

I'm not really a newbie!  I've been here since November! (When I rejoined for the fourth or fifth time.)  Please don't put me through the grinder!  [report anonymous abuse]
 
 June 29, 2007 9:55 PM

That alone is enough to qualify you for the grinder.  [ send green star]
 
 June 30, 2007 6:57 AM

Birds do not get a free ride around here.

Marrowed bones or not; ye all must enter the grinder...

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anonymous Poor Lulu!!! June 30, 2007 7:14 AM

Into the grinder she goes...  [report anonymous abuse]
 
 June 30, 2007 8:20 PM

 Does heron taste like chicken?     [ send green star]
 
anonymous I think they taste like FISH June 30, 2007 8:41 PM

Cheryl  [report anonymous abuse]
 
 June 30, 2007 9:14 PM

 

You are probably right.  They eat a lot of fish. 

I wonder if penguins taste like fish?  They eat fish, too. 




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anonymous  June 30, 2007 9:21 PM

Yes to both. Fishy. Herons tough and skinny, penguins fat and greasy.  Civilized peole do not eat herons or penguins.  [report anonymous abuse]
 
Hey Gang August 02, 2008 11:04 AM

    Just saying Hi, I love a good discussion. I hate it when it ends up in ignorant name calling, adds nothing. I'm a bit disapponited to see that this thread isn't very active. Hope to change that. 

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Deleted post April 28, 2009 11:20 AM

I deleted a post from Edward Janus because he included personal information (address and phone). You are free to repost absent this data.

And welcome to Hot Debates.  [ send green star]
 
Edward Janus | Disability Advocate and Activist - New member. April 30, 2009 6:22 AM

Hello, I am a new member of this Group, and I just wanted to introduce myself to this Group.

 

My name is Edward Janus. I am a Disability Advocate and Activist. My Campaign and Mission is Fighting for Persons with Disabilities. And Making Our Voices Heard. My Internet Activism for Supporting Causes is Governmental & Political Issues, Fair and Honest Media Reporting, Consumers Rights, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Children’s Rights, Woman’s Rights, Animal’s Rights, Educational Issues, Health Care Issues, Environmental Issues, Poverty Issues, Peace Issues, Hunger Issues, and Fight for Freedom, Homeless, Abuse and Violence Issues.

 

A little bit more about me. I have Cerebral Palsy and an amputee (both legs) confined to a wheelchair. I am homebound, shut-in. I have worked to earn a living for almost 25 years. Then I had over ten surgeries on my cervical spinal column (neck area) in my lifetime. Now I have been on Permanent Social Security Disability since 1996. I was married and have a daughter. In 1999 an automobile while crossing a street, struck my wife. She died instantly. Now, I Live Alone. I receive only one household income. A Social Security check monthly. I would contact people by telephone, but I am also deaf. I cannot hear very well on the phone. You can reach me by email; all my activities and tasks are via Internet. Or you may send a regular postal mail.

 

Sincerely,

Edward Janus | Disability Advocate and Activist

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 September 12, 2009 5:59 PM

Welcome, Bert!



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