meembo

I completely reject the premise of this post. The relevancy of the number of responses and views of each thread are self-defining, and although the subject here seems to be relevance of the topics that host laments, it's hard to argue against the numbers, which don't lie.

This is an online froum, a place for discussion of any topic that attracts us. I trust that my participation here is valid and worthwhile. I wouldn't be here otherwise. I think the premise of this particular thread is more about navel-gazing, and is therefore useless to me -- and yet I post! Isn't this freedom of expression marvelous?

I think that the Scaivo case (#1 on the list) is an excellent thread of Politics. Everyone I've spoken to in the last two days has been nudged into discourse about the ethics of what's being decided, and that's great! It won't win anyone a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer, but the topic stirs a great deal of discussion about ethics and morality and legislative action. Host asks how it affects us seriously -- my attorney drafted a living will for me today, and tomorrow I sign it, notarize it, etc. My life was changed, and potentially I spared my family the grueling decision of what to do with what's left of my body someday.

Relevancy is a difficult thing for one person to suppose for another person. It's condescending to complain that these threads are more or less valid to others. If host had an objective agrument to change the direction of the discussion, I'd like to hear it. All I see is a lament that the discussion isn't what s/he wants to talk about. Don't like it? Don't post.

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