"Get real" indeed!!!

I have read the numerous responses back and forth in reply to the comments
made by Dennis, and I cannot believe how conservative and ultra-sensitive
people can be to some eye opening, matter-of-fact remarks!!!

How were the comments "ridiculing"? (I have read the reply from Dennis
numerous times and I cannot see the "ridicule" nor the "rudeness" in it. I
think it is very healthy to question ourselves and others (especially on this
listserv!!) and start thinking OUTSIDE of the box that many of us have become
so accustomed to feeling comfortable/protected in (ie. the "lifestyle" track)

Yes, Annamaria, you are absolutely right when you say, "...it is a public and
valuable forum for an open exchange of ideas."  Why then, is everyone so riled
up about someone openly exchanging their ideas??
When we don't like what we hear, we tell people to "keep silent/keep those
comments to yourself" (as Karen Andres suggested in an earlier response)  ????
I am sorry, but I don't follow!?!

I know that many of our valued health public health/health promotion
colleagues are well concerned with areas such as promoting proper
diet/nutrition and getting lots of exercise. Does that include EXERCISING our
minds too??

I think it is quite sad that some of us cannot tolerate a little challenge and
thought provoking now and then. Oh how dull life must be!

Have an insightful day!

Vini K. Dhillon

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Quoting Annamaria Feltracco <[log in to unmask]>:

> With all due respect (no pun intended) - get real!
>
> On what planet is being respectful and non-judgmental (even of those of us
> who drive SUVs - and by the way live in the country and need the 4 X4 option
> for our rural, underserviced, ignored roads) an impediment to challenging,
> forthright discussions and careful examination of our work????
>
> This list serv is NOT a family discussion around the kitchen table - it is a
> public and valuable forum for an open exchange of ideas - I wonder how
> willing our valued colleagues are going to be to ask questions on this list
> serv when they know that they can be ridiculed (yes, that's what it was) for
> their ideas / work??? We all have facilitated groups, coalitions and
> meetings where we encourage a free flow of thoughts and ideas and that while
> you may not agree with an individual's opinion, it does not make that
> opinion any less valuable.
>
> There are certainly MANY other ways someone as gifted as you, Dennis, could
> have expressed your opinion and challenged the approach while not passing
> your own personal judgement on someone's work.
>
> This exchange has impeded the very causes that you champion, Dennis, not
> enhanced it.
>
> Annamaria Feltracco
>

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