I am sorry, old Member, but I have always treated members of this group with respect, kindness and compassion; I treasure them. I love their wisdom, their singing, and their insights. I think the post above is one of the very few disrespectful messages -- altho it is mild --that I have ever posted.

But I fail to see how going into a thread and chastising everyone in it, and accusing them of degrading the environment, in the manner that harpgirl did above -- and BTW, I have every respect for her knowledge and intelligence and have read many of her past posts with great interest -- is anything but disrespectful in the extreme. Why would you begrudge a small number of people enjoying a conversation relating to something about their lives -- why would you even read past the first post if it was so uninteresting?

What is the real problem? Until it is named, in fact, I doubt you will find your exhortations improve things much. You are right. I do not get it. I do not see that the bitterness and sardonic superiority I see being brought to bear in this thread is worthy of this group, nor do I see it as an appropriate way to elevate the tone of the threads here.

Maybe you could tell me why it is that all this anger is coming up at this point? What is it you feel has gone?