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[m1ct]

and here goes my make-up down my cheeks..
very touching and current story

[Banjax]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

[Nickbat]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

[hotel21]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

[Nickbat]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

Yes, I can understand that, H21, but it is only as a parent that you can accept the depths of emotion that the child/parent bond can bring. That depth varies between people, and some can be a tad OTT. But to dismiss emotive posts as "utter bilge", when others have clearly related to the emotions expressed shows a degree of insensitivity and lack of empathy I find hard to understand. 
   

[hotel21]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

Yes, I can understand that, H21, but it is only as a parent that you can accept the depths of emotion that the child/parent bond can bring. That depth varies between people, and some can be a tad OTT. But to dismiss emotive posts as "utter bilge", when others have clearly related to the emotions expressed shows a degree of insensitivity and lack of empathy I find hard to understand. 
   

We are all different, thats what makes us individuals.

That what is one persons 'utter bilge' can reduce someone else to a tearfull, sobbing wreck and others varying levels in between.

Likewise, someone can post on here regarding a political issue or similar and have a high level of support with only a handfull of dissenters.  That does not mean that the higher level of supporters are right, just simply that they have a higher level of support!  And it does not mean that they are looking for an argument, per se, just that their opinion is somewhat different.

Each to their own, I say....   

[Banjax]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

Yes, I can understand that, H21, but it is only as a parent that you can accept the depths of emotion that the child/parent bond can bring. That depth varies between people, and some can be a tad OTT. But to dismiss emotive posts as "utter bilge", when others have clearly related to the emotions expressed shows a degree of insensitivity and lack of empathy I find hard to understand. 
   

emotional blackmailing, spam e-mail - straight in the bin, cynical garbage piggybacking on genuine grief to make a buck - but thats just my opinion, or aren't we allowed that in our free society?

i'm surprised you havent seen through it nickbat - you see a conspiracy in everything else 

[Nickbat]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

Yes, I can understand that, H21, but it is only as a parent that you can accept the depths of emotion that the child/parent bond can bring. That depth varies between people, and some can be a tad OTT. But to dismiss emotive posts as "utter bilge", when others have clearly related to the emotions expressed shows a degree of insensitivity and lack of empathy I find hard to understand. 
   

emotional blackmailing, spam e-mail - straight in the bin, cynical garbage piggybacking on genuine grief to make a buck - but thats just my opinion, or aren't we allowed that in our free society?

i'm surprised you havent seen through it nickbat - you see a conspiracy in everything else 

You have your opinion, I have mine. Neither of us have been banned (yet  ) so, yes, we have a free society...for the time being. 

[Banjax]

jeezuz - just me that feels sick then?

what a pile of utter bilge 

thats 2 minutes of my life i won't get back

That sort of comment could only come from someone who does not have children.

 

To be fair, it is a bit saccarine sweet for my taste.  Admire the sentiment, just a tad OTT for me - and I am actually quite a softy with this type of thing.... 

And, yes.  Got two kids, both now grown up, thanks.... 

Yes, I can understand that, H21, but it is only as a parent that you can accept the depths of emotion that the child/parent bond can bring. That depth varies between people, and some can be a tad OTT. But to dismiss emotive posts as "utter bilge", when others have clearly related to the emotions expressed shows a degree of insensitivity and lack of empathy I find hard to understand. 
   

emotional blackmailing, spam e-mail - straight in the bin, cynical garbage piggybacking on genuine grief to make a buck - but thats just my opinion, or aren't we allowed that in our free society?

i'm surprised you havent seen through it nickbat - you see a conspiracy in everything else 

You have your opinion, I have mine. Neither of us have been banned (yet  ) so, yes, we have a free society...for the time being. 

well, goodnight and goodluck 

[Mr Skrunts]

Just read this thread for the very 1st time.

Nice poem and it seems to have touched quite a few of you.

But

I agree with Turk, there are some sad scamming gits out there that purely use this sort of mail for personal gain.  It has happened many time before and will do many times again.

But you have options.

By posting the content of the email on here you have stopped the email gathering scam and touched some of the people that have read it so far.

Plus

To stop a scam like this it is simple.  If you like the content and want to share it, then be very carefull how you forward it.

Most posts that get forwarded have a list of where they have allready been to, we dont know these people, and if the OP puts his details in there and some how manage to keep it there then he gets all the collected addy's automatically sent to him.

So just copy and paste the text that you need to into a new mail and add your own trusted recipients to mail it to.

If you want to add the footnote for them to forward it, copy and paste all the relevnt text into a new notepad and it should (hopefully) do away with any hidden hyperlinks etc and stop the scam continuing, but allowing the message to bless many others.

[Vmax]

 

[bob.dent]

Sorry, but while the sentiment is very touching (as Hotel 21 said, a little too saccrine sweet and OTT), this IS a spamming e-mail sent by unscrupilous individuals out to get hold of your e-mail address by emotional blackmail. W*ankers!!

[threppence]

"The Next One Dead"


That an innocent child only three had started to cry
worrying that his favorite Uncle might soon die
Sadly reminded me of this war's unforgivable cost
of the childhood our Afghan children have lost
They can't help but worry what the future has in store
Once they have seen death visit at their door
Their precious lives shouldn't have to be this way
spent worrying about death each and every day
For our children's future we all hope and we all pray
That thoughts of playing fill their minds instead
of worries about who will be the next one dead

By Miriam Jaar, a U.S. resident Agfghan.