Thanks everyone for your kind words and support.

I just want to make sure it's understood that I don't believe that Lyn has done a lot of harm on our forum. In fact, before I wrote this response, I scanned all of her previous posts to see how she has contributed here and I found that, for the most part, it has been positive and the information useful and I thank her for that. Unfortunately, one outburst like that sent out through email can do a lot of damage.

I do have to admit that, when I received the comments from her mailing list, I got red in the face, and had to exercise some difficult restraint to keep it to myself until an appropriate time appeared, if ever.

Nevertheless, Lyn is welcome here and I hope she continues to share her knowledge with us and those who need it. I only want us to keep our credibility, both personally and collectively, so we can get the job done that we're here to do, namely, get helpful information and compassion to people who need it.

I'm sure Lyn's mailing-list statement was in a heated emotional moment, and I'm sure she felt hurt, otherwise, she would not have written it. Nevertheless, it was dead wrong, but I trust we'll put it all behind us.

SomedaySoon Said...


You're right, and I understand what you're saying.

Of course, I'm a big believer in personal rights and try my best to leave conversations to their natural conclusions so as not to infringe upon these rights.

Then again, this is a private system and when I was recently threatened with a lawsuit, I had to remove several threads or pay thousands in legal fees, despite the fact that I would have won.

I do my best to leave everyones opinion and links intact so we can have a free flow of information and ideas (good or bad) and have those ideas filtered and utilized through the natural course of personal interaction. This is why it's important to allow critical statements about dentists or other professionals remain: So those with differing opinions can all contribute and in the end, onlookers can make a judgment call based on all of the available information, hopefully discerning the good from the bad.

So, thanks for the insightful comments. It's really amazing to me how many intelligent and knowledgeable people we have here.

Finally, I do want to insist that Lyn is welcome here. I have nothing personal against her. I just had to call the negative comments into accountability in hopes that there will be more discretion in the future and we can continue to grow and flourish and hopefully become even more highly regarded as a place to come for reliable information and encouragement.

I receive glowing comments weekly about how this forum has helped people, and most comments are from different people... So, we must be doing something right.

All the best and thanks again to all.

Russ