Thats the great thing about FW you tell those people to go eff themselves. It is an anything goes forum.
My last comment on it. People's words reflect who they are. I don't care what you want to say about BBS anonymity or people putting on an act. The real person shows through in the end. I'm not worried about me, but I look at my youngest who happens to be black and think that I'm going to have to explain that kind of bigotry and hatred to him and that there are folks out there who won't believe he's a worthy human being because of his skin color. "I was just joking" or it's just "Flamewarrors and that's how we talk" doesn't cut it for me.
He fell asleep in my arms tonight and I was looking at him and thinking how blessed I am to have him as my son. Trust me, after losing My oldest son and then youngest daughter in 2005, I never thought I'd use the word blessed with anything. I didn't look down and see my adopted black son. I saw my son, and he is beautiful. How horrific that some folks will never know that because his skin isn't the right color in their eyes. How sad that he will be judged by that and not the man he grows up to be by some people out there.
And how sad that otherwise intelligent folks, who I thought had a clue, can condone that type of talk as just the way it is.
So no I'm not shaken by it, just daddened and disappointed.
Sorry for the last post Skuzzy, I'm done with it now.
