[rhondalea]

I wish you wouldn't leave, Karen.

I understand your frustration because I share it (as to the political issue). I believe the post deletions (including mine) were an attempt to preserve the important part of the discussion--insurance issues, which is something nearly everyone shares--without devolving into politics.

I think a better solution might have been to delete the entire thread and start over, but then some of the actual information would have been lost.

I just don't think throwing out the baby with the bathwater is the way to go here, and I hope you will give consideration to the fact that even in the best of relationships there are occasional blips. The way to fix the site is not to leave it but to participate more and to call attention to the times when the subject veers into the unacceptable. (Yes, that probably means more deleted posts in the sorting, but how else to end a contentious, political discussion than to put a full stop on it?)

I can't post much these days, and I can't stay in touch with people the way I would like--my brain refuses to cooperate--but being able to log on here and see that certain people are still posting is very reassuring to me that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't just an oncoming train. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels that way. I would be dreadfully sorry to see you go (but I'd like to stay in touch--in my haphazard way of the moment--so I'll be emailing you just in case you won't change your mind--might take a day or two, but please don't change your address in the interim).

Anyway, give this some more thought, please. You have been a long-time contributor to this group, and I would hope that you see some value in preserving that.

Rhonda