Quote Originally Posted by Whisk_Luva View Post
Say what you like, but there is no need to be nasty or imply people are selfish. What does that achieve? I am not telling you to be silent, I am saying there is no need to be mean in the way that you say it. I thought the idea of stating your opinion was to get people to respect your views and if you are nasty, you don't gain any of that respect.

Well, all the threads I have seen recently have had a reply from you... but that's beside the point. The point is that Monica felt the need to delete one of her threads that was started with good intentions. It shouldn't work like that. I thought pet talk was meant to be a place where we were able to share happy memories and stories. That was all Monica was doing- sharing her family photos with us.
PT can mean whatever you like it to mean, and others might feel differently. The thing is, Marigold posts some really, really ugly, controversial things, as she waves the banner of "I am just being honest and truthful". Don't believe me? Go find the thread in which she called someone in a vegatative state, "veggie salad". Or, maybe the lovely discriminatory/bigoted stuff about the "illegals" in the [sic] Boarder problems thread. The overweight comments? The one about the lady giving up her kids? I could go on, but I won't.

If someone wants to post their self-grandizing, tasteless, often cruel, bigoted threads, all under the "the truth hurts" disclaimer, than stand back and recieve the responses. If her opinion is 'valid', then the contra ones are also.

Really, I am just being honest. I am calling a spade a spade (a fave quote of Marigold's).