First of all I want to say AMEN!!!! to Kim Schilling's post about flaming.
Kim, have you considered writing a book called "Human beings for Dummies"??
There are some people out there that need some lessons on how to take care
of the human race.
 
Just recently I was at the hot end of a flame...not on this board.  I was
having problems with my newest addition (a rescue from a 9 year old who
didn't want to bother with this ball of electricity so it just sat in it's
very, very small cage for months on end just being fed and watered and
litter changed when it got to stinking real bad.) She was a biter (which
is much better now) and didn't know the meaning of litterbox usage outside
of the cage...still a problem.  I went to a couple of the boards I
frequent one day cause I had hit my poop level and was very frustrated.
I had mentioned somethings about my husband and I was told to get rid of
the husband because he has one flaw...he is an animal tolerator instead of
an animal lover.  Instead of getting the help I needed (mostly kindness,
understanding and caring) my character was desecrated (take some of the
posts toward Ann O and extract her name and insert mine and it says about
the same thing.)
 
Since I know I am a good ferret mommy and human mommy I did not listen
to the flames.  But, I also know that it hurt and kept me away from the
boards so I didn't have to read the hurtful comments.
[Posted in FML issue 3584]