SMDH!!! What has become of this forum? All I know is every last person to post here has given GREAT advise. And when it comes time for things like INM or IMSS, good luck finding great info elsewhere.
Did you read the first post ToriB. He is greatful for the responses. If you saw the post the OP was commenting on you may not be SYDH.
Let's give everybody that opportunity, Gonzo, just to see if the complainant was not over reacting, just a bit. http://www.cancuncare.com/forum/living-cancun-riviera-maya/24371-volunteer-work.html
Yes, I have read posts 1-24. The OP is grateful, to "some friendly and helpful people". I have met in person, on multiple times, a majority of posters on this site, from the ones living here, to the ones in the Spring Break and Temptations forum... and not 1 of them, even the ones with over 14,000 posts, YES 14,000, would I ever say they don't have a life. Who are we to judge how each other spends time? Especially when a posters IS full of knowledge that has help many people in some way or another. Just cause we may not like how a person may write, (this is a forum, not a literary site), we should NEVER EVER attack... and that is exactly what the OP has done. It just isn't fair...or right. End of rant.
I'm with Tori.. When this thread first came up I went back and read the thread being referred to. I then went and read every thread that the original posted participated in. I have to say if he was threatened or harassed by any poster I'm surprised, now that he says he's in Cancun, he made it out of the airport without having a heart attack. I mean if you post on a public board you will ALWAYS get those that agree with you and those that disagree. If you can accept that people may not always agree with you, THEN DON'T GO OUT IN PUBLIC!!!!! Hell if people don't disagree with me I wonder what is wrong. But I must say if you disagree with me have the courage of your convictions. Believe it or not, I have had my opinion changed by postings made on this Board, rare I admit, but it has happen. Done by people that disagreed with me, had the courage of their convictions and facts on their side. Always reminded of the saying, "If you can't stand the heat, don't go into the kitchen." That is always followed by, "If you don't want an answer, don't ask the questions.", and its other variations. Anyway, bottom line, lots of good information here, lots of different opinions (Kind of what we leave our hometowns and venture out into the big bad world right? To seek different people and ideas?). They both come together. Deal with it. Sorry it’s early in the morning and my brain hasn’t kicked in fully yet and I rambled. But hopefully you all get what I mean. Jamie
V I dont think they were looking for this answer to a serious problem and how they could help. You know V. you arent typically one to have a smart assed answer either and this was one of their first posts. They were just looking for some advice on how they could help out. I understand where they were coming from.
Gonzo, Lord knows I don't have to speak for V, in fact most of the time we are speaking from the other sides of issues, but I think I got where he was coming from on this one, cause I kind of saw it the same way. A guy comes on the board, being from the US and not in Mexico now, and not sure if he had ever been, not clear in his posts (at the time) other than he thinks the Mexicans are overweight. So before he gets there he’s asking how to get folks together to volunteer to help teach the Mexicans how to eat right because they are all overweight. V's response looked to be 'you’re not telling us anything that we don't know, you won't be showing up here with real new information that hasn't been shared for a long time, and it's it a little like the pot calling the kettle black for someone from the US to show up talking about overweight people?' Now if that kind of headwind is going to stop somebody in their tracks and send them to the hills, then maybe V did him a favor cause the weight loss story is going to be a hard sell to those that need it. Just my 2 cents from someone else that people consider from time to time to be a “dickwad”. Jamie
Whatever happened with setting up another forum meet-up? Maybe we can bring some gloves and let everyone slug it out!
