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Topic Started: Aug 20 2016, 01:49 AM (220 Views)
Carla55	Aug 20 2016, 01:49 AM Post #1
Carla Posts: 53 Group: Member Member #1,337 Joined: August 19, 2016	Recently left a Seniors Group that banned anything the Administrator deemed "controversial". Unfortunately, she deemed almost everything too controversial. Death, Dying, Preparations for the fore-mentioned, Some Book Discussions, Sex and Sexuality, Religion, Political Discussion (not politicians, mind you, but the way laws affect our lives as Seniors.) It had a very small membership and I soon discovered why. Except for casserole recipes, photos of grandchildren, fluffy kitty pictures and the endless liturgy of complaints about grown children, aches and pains, and doctor visits..we were treated like 5 year olds. Not people who had a half-century or more of life on this planet and were still actively involved in living. Can't tell you how wonderful it was to find THIS place! Edited by Carla55, Aug 20 2016, 01:49 AM.



haili	Aug 20 2016, 05:30 AM Post #2
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,083 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	Welcome Carla55.



David	Aug 20 2016, 05:39 AM Post #3
Posts: 5,861 Group: Moderator Emeritus Member #12 Joined: June 30, 2005	Our admin, Kahu, is very open-minded and gives us plenty of rope to run with. Also enough rope with which to hang ourselves. lol I enjoy the freedom here.



Trotsky	Aug 20 2016, 06:02 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I know what you mean, Carla. I have found the same kind of nonsense on several boards. One forum on Health matters did not allow any links...can you imagine???? Edited by Trotsky, Aug 20 2016, 06:03 AM.



Carla55	Aug 20 2016, 06:30 AM Post #5
Carla Posts: 53 Group: Member Member #1,337 Joined: August 19, 2016	David Aug 20 2016, 05:39 AM Our admin, Kahu, is very open-minded and gives us plenty of rope to run with. Also enough rope with which to hang ourselves. lol I enjoy the freedom here. LOL!!! At least he doesn't confine us to posting fuzzy kittens. For that I am grateful!



Carla55	Aug 20 2016, 06:30 AM Post #6
Carla Posts: 53 Group: Member Member #1,337 Joined: August 19, 2016	haili Aug 20 2016, 05:30 AM Welcome Carla55. Hello!!



angora	Aug 20 2016, 06:32 AM Post #7
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	Hey, dont knock fuzzy kittens. :)



Carla55	Aug 20 2016, 06:35 AM Post #8
Carla Posts: 53 Group: Member Member #1,337 Joined: August 19, 2016	Trotsky Aug 20 2016, 06:02 AM I know what you mean, Carla. I have found the same kind of nonsense on several boards. One forum on Health matters did not allow any links...can you imagine???? No. It makes no sense. To treat people who have lived more than a half a century like we have nothing to contribute to the world-conversation any more. We are suppose to go over, sit quietly while enjoying our jello cups and post pictures of kitties. I grew up during the 60's ad 70's. That attitude doesn't sit well with me. What kind of Health Forum doesn't allow links??? Insane.



Carla55	Aug 20 2016, 07:30 AM Post #9
Carla Posts: 53 Group: Member Member #1,337 Joined: August 19, 2016	angora Aug 20 2016, 06:32 AM Hey, dont knock fuzzy kittens. :) LOL!!! I love fuzzy kitties.Have one myself :) Attached to this post: Kitty_Dreams__Tucker.jpg (58.02 KB)



Delphi51	Aug 20 2016, 07:49 AM Post #10
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Great to have you in our nice little forum! I had a similar epiphany in 2006 when the seniors forum I had been using got nasty due to a change from volunteer moderators to paid ones who weren't able to stop nasty posts. It soon closed. Forums are a great way to share various things. Yesterday I found an answer to a car problem on ToyotaNation. One of the third row seats on our Sienna minivan was stuck in the stowed away position for over a year. The word was that the dealership solution was to take out the seat in little pieces and replace with a new seat, $1000 all told. The forum finally came up with a free, ten minute solution both for preventing the problem and dealing with it after the fact.



imjene	Aug 20 2016, 04:28 PM Post #11
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,960 Group: Member Member #745 Joined: April 4, 2010	Welcome Carla55. I hope you will feel at home here, as I do. I am not a heavy poster, but jump in here quite often to voice my opinion or whatever!



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