Darn, Alex, I thought I was going to be able to recruit you for my campaign against happy birthday threads...
But gee, I think if you'll look, you can see that I have been neither vehement or irrational - that sort of stuff is coming from others. And yes, I've said a lot - but only to respond to people like you who have said something worthy of a response, or to clarify things that people don't seem to understand. Isn't that the nature of debate?
Or could it be that intelligent debate is no longer appropriate for Mudcat?

I'd be more than happy to stop talking about this subject. I thought this matter was resolved in 1999, and I didn't talk about it until it came up again this week, If the healing/prayer threads stop, I'll stop talking about them. If not, not. This thread is addressed to me, personally. Is there some reason why I should have to allow you to have the last word?
I said in another message that I thought threads about the illnesses of Catspaw and Barry Finn were appropriate - they're people that Mudcatters know, and their situations were serious. I think it would be fine for Kat to mention in a BS thread that her sister's dogs were lost and that she was having trouble with her kids - but I think that it was going way overboard to start entire threads about those personal issues. No, I did not see much value in the sympathy thread about Big Mick's friend - but I don't think Mick started it. I think you'll find that most of the healing/prayer threads were started by a very small number of people (and as far as I know, Charcloth is not one of them).
To correct another misunderstanding - Lighthouse said I was opposed to prayer, and that's simply not true. I pray every day. I just don't pray by cutting and pasting empty words on my computer.
-Joe Offer-