toutestgrace said:
P.S. Pain is what the patient says it is. I'm glad some of these folks aren't my nurse
ITA. Having had some nurses--and doctors--disbelieve my descriptions of pain, I came to the conclusion that there is only one decent response. Say to the doctor or nurse who doesn't believe you, "Well then, I hope you get what I have and that your doctor doesn't believe you're really sick or injured and in pain." Evil, but effective.
millie said:
Mzhenz, I know you were refering to Red Dog in your thread but its anyone's perorgative to to open a thread about whoever and whatever. You post on MkF and GS and you respond to threads on all skaters and have your opinions on all skaters. I think that at GS everybody's entitled to their own opinion not only for Kwanatics but for all fans of all skaters. I think its time for the kwanatics to cool down and not get their pee hot. I hope this don't turn into THE KWANATICS ATTACK.
"GOODNIGHT AND GOODLUCK"
Good post and great allusion to Edward R. Murrow, Millie, who dedicated his life to getting to the truth via relentless fact collecting and who risked his career by going up against the rabid idealogue Joe McCarthy and his cronies, eg, Roy Cohn, who wanted to "protect" America by turning it into a totalitarian state.
Okay, I'm being a tad overdramatic, lol! But if we apply these ideas to this little thread and our little GS world, especially during an Olympic season, I think we may have to remind ourselves more than usual that there are going to be a lot more extreme opinions to which our first reaction (and maybe second, third...28th...141st...etc.) response may be, "Why you !@#$%!!! You should be BANNED for saying such horrible things about such a beautiful person as my skater--who I don't happen to know, but I can just tell she (or he) is a beautiful person because I've loved her ever since I first saw her and right away I
just had this feeling."
Whether people say they think a skater is faking an injury because "they just have this feeling" or feel the earth moves when their skater performs, both involve
feelings. Maybe it's just me, but if people feel something, it's dang hard to talk them out of feeling it precisely because they
are feelings.
IMO, I think we would all do well to take the "Suck It Up" oath once a week until three months after the Olympics. The Suck It Up oath goes something like this (everybody has their own version):
I hereby pledge to suck it up when somebody posts that he thinks my skater blows; when somebody posts she "just has a feeling" my skater is lying; when somebody posts it's a
fact that my skater has lousy edges or slow spins or no line or ugly hair. I pledge to respond to such posts if I feel like it and give MY side of my feelings, but that after two or three go-rounds with the poster who's posting icky things about my skater, I pledge to at most post "Then we'll have to agree to disagree" or "Whatever..." and
SUCK IT UP!
Of course, pledges are made to be broken and if I get out of control, I hope one of my SUCK IT UP pals will PM me and try to talk me down.
Thus I make my SUCK IT UP pledge for this week, even though, so far, I haven't felt anyone has posted anything icky about any of the skaters I like or me, which, of course, means somebody will inadvertently do so next time I check GS.
Rgirl, SIU
hwell: .....LOL...once again I will try and insert some positive energy into this thread. Enough of the nitpicky arguments and negativity.....the girl is back on the ice! Can't we just be happy that a great champion is back in the game and possibly headed towards a third Olympic appearance? She has worked so hard for this and I wish her the best. I only hope Sasha can recover quickly enough to resume proper training.
And if you think about it real hard, it's true anyway. Forget about being a Kwan fan- it comes to the same thing. Why should my comment "offend" Kwaniacs?
