Vicc, you said:

"The real reason for a 2nd post, however, is the reappearance of the two who dominated the first page on this thread. I had hoped that the response from others outside the PD forum might have chastened them, but apparently not: they are back and almost performing victory dances. They apparently feel they somehow won something, but I fear it will be a pyric victory; emboldening them to further excesses and possible banning."

on the contrary, their appearance now has everything to do with the very nature of the disease itself, the PD community in general, and this PD forum community in particular. it has to do with forgiveness, understanding, humor, reality, and life.

this thread has been a wonderful opportunity to hear from people from all forums and from the administration. but in the end, it comes down to and back to us. Parkinson's disease does things to our brains and lives that no one without the disease can possibly understand but another person with PD. Other diseases, including other neurological diseases, have their own set of peculiarities and circumstances that we can only imagine what must be like to live with, but never know the true experience.

all of the comments from people with PD on this page of the thread in particular are recognizably and comfortably Parkinsonian. they are predictable, headstrong, cranky, jubilant, realistic, irritating, hopeful and completely familiar. just like a family around the Thanksgiving table.

p.s. Harley - you have the heart of a lion and the soul of an angel! will I see you at the Seattle NWPF conference in November?