Sadeluv,
You're welcome. I like to respond to posts ASAP.
In your first response to me, you said "State the facts." I interpreted that as you wanting me to provide what I based my opinion on, which I did.
I respect that you do not wish to divulge your bedroom practices. Please forgive me if I offended anyone. That was not my intention. I believe that because not enough of us are openly discussing sexual issues that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has grown as it has. My management style, if you will, is a hands on one. I cannot urge someone to do something unless I'm doing or have done it myself.
Our perceptions are based on many things. Certainly the people with whom we choose to associate, and our own experiences contribute. A large part of my opinions are based on the formal education I've received. Sometimes, as with this post, I'm lead to make a generalization. I know I shouldn't, as I am often a victim of generalizations myself, but it happens (I'm still working on my super-human-ness
). I very rarely say "all" or "none." But sometimes I do, however, I'm receptive to correction, constructive criticism, and other view points.
When I was looking up the statistics, I was honestly surprised when I saw the suicide numbers, for general and personal reasons. Suicide is serious business. Our world has become so stressful and most have become so busy that we often forget to take time out to relax.
I feel sorry for kids today because most of them don't have the same childhood "luxuries" that we had...going outside to play either in the neighbors yard or in the street if traffic was minimal, chasing after the ice cream truck, watching decent cartoons
. I mean, when did kindergarteners start having homework? When I was in kindergarten, it was the bomb. We got there at 8:30, we played, the teacher read a story, we had a snack, we took a nap and at 12:30 we went home.
Those were the days....but I digress.
What everything in this and other posts of similar nature boils down to is we need to reach out to each other and start taking care of each other. Start in-house and work outward. We're all we have.
In the immortal words of Don Cornelius, "I wish you LOVE, PEACE and SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL!!!"
In the immortal words of the BRUHS "And I'm GONE (alright, alright) SO LONG!"
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Kelli
12-DN-94
SSU c/o 1997
[This message has been edited by 12dn94dst (edited June 14, 2000).]