I've made a new promise to myself to no longer get sucked into threads that
feature flame wars having to do with OT subjects like politics and religion,
and nothing to do with low-carb eating.
We hopefully all have at least one thing in common -- our low-carb way of
eating -- and I'm going to try to concentrate on the positive as well as try
to give and receive the support that we're basically all here for.

One of the beauties of the usenet is that it brings people from all walks of
life together for a common purpose, and I'm turning my attention back to
that purpose and am going back to ignoring the differences.  I'll leave
exploring those differences to others.  I've come too far and still have too
far to go in improving my health through my low-carb plan to risk alienating
anyone who just might have that one answer or unique piece of advice that I
need to improve my health or help my weight loss.

I fully support the right for anyone to post an OT subject; and I'm not
saying that I won't post to OT threads.  But I'm not ugly or nasty by
nature, and I don't like what happens when I get caught up in the flame
wars.   It's too easy in this anonymous medium to say hurtful or hateful
things that I wouldn't say to someone in person, and I always feel badly
afterwards when that happens.  And it's really, really stupid that I've
allowed myself on occassion to get my own feelings hurt by people who may be
halfway across the country or the world, know very little about me, and who
have no direct impact on my life one way or the other.  I can't believe what
an idiot I've been lately by letting myself get caught up in these
irrelevant political and religious flame wars on ASDLC!

Lord knows I'm way far from perfect and will probably slip up occassionally,
but I'm going to make an honest attempt live up to this promise.

Flamelessly,
Peter           :-)