Had enough of this site

oh paul, i'm sorry to hear yopur not happy here. I cant believe your getting grief from people on here. They sound like they own the site and you shouldnt take any notice of them hun. I always enjoted talking to u in chat room and your sense of humour is great love. Please dont leave us!! We are free here to say what we want on the blogs( within reason of course). Please dont be put off from expressing yourself, everybody else does hun!! Good luck with all your lovely poetry and I will miss you x
Love
Kim
x

Seriously??

Paul, please don't listen to them. After all, if you blog, reading it is not MANDATORY!!!

I despise bullies, and people who force their opinions onto others.

I do understand if you feel like you can't be doing with an additional fight, but please reconsider. I thought your poetry was great, if you blog more I will choose to read it. Others do not have to. Its also not acceptable that you have removed your previous poems.

I am surprised at this, and saddened.

People ruin everything.

Paul dont you dare leave or stop your poetry as it was you that inspired me to have confiedence in even writing one and it felt good getting my feelings flowing how i truely felt

PLEASE PLEASE !!! DONT STOP !!!

just ignore the comments as i love reading your poetry

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

lell xxxx

I like your poems and want to read them - perhaps you could have one of your blogs for your poems and add new ones to them as and when they are ready to be 'published' - just an idea. Please dont take offence at what has been said. One of the big problems with a website is that we cannot 'hear' peoples tones of voice in their writing - either in blogs and responses and especially in the chatroom - and it can be easy to misenterperate what someone is saying and HOW they are saying it. I dont think Barbaracatt would be deliberatley rude (having met her) I am sure it has been a misunderstanding. Poetry is a brilliant release and way for us to 'sort our thoughts out' and I definately think that you have talent so PLeeeeaaassse dont stop. Look at how many people add comments and enjoy reading them! All the best Yorkie, Love Jools x x

Paul,
We are all entitled to our own opinions, we didnt ask you to remove the bloggs you chose to do that. As you pointed out I did write to you and tell you to do what you wanted and tried to build bridges but you didnt reply and chose to ignore me blatently in the chat rooms, not very grown up!!!!! Seems to me, you are far too touchy and oversensitive, myself and the other girls that you have named and supposedly shamed are really nice people and no way bullies!!!!!!!

Johanne

Cancer in itself obviously makes folk emotional and hugely sensitive to the comments of others. I know that I'm more likely to offer a knee-jerk reaction to often quiet innocent things that others might say or do. We all need to take a deep breath here and remind ourselves as to why we're on this site in the first place. Personally, I think we should be able to post as much or as little of what works for us - if it strikes a chord then others will read and respond accordingly. From the overwhelmingly positive posts this is what has been happening here. However, with 4000+ it's inevitable that there will be differences of opinion (which is all this seems to be).
Speaking as someone who has made their living for 12 years purely out of children's poetry, I think that a poetry corner is a great idea. So, come on folks let's go with the flow .... creative or otherwise. We all have our own way of dealing with this crappy disease. We should joke, sing, write poetry or do whatever rocks our respective boats! (Personally I'd like a rude jokes corner - of course, I don't know any/many myself??!! Will have to ask Jools)

Hi Paul

Want to echo others, this site is hear for us all and provided we are not rude or offensive we can put what we want on our blogs, I'm up for a poetry corner, and a rude joke corner - I don't know any either!

But I'm sorry to say you have ruined my plan. I logged on this morning when I should have been getting ready for work and starting reading, there were lots from you and I opened them all but didn't have time to read them all - I was really really late. I was saving them for later ... like now when I have time to read them and you've deleted them!

Keep writing, or is it composting? Meant composing!
Love Carol x

Hi Paul - Oh please, please, don't stop putting your poems in - I LOVE 'EM!! If someone doesn't want to read them, then they need not! I will always read them, as I love poetry anyway - I did suggest a few weeks ago to James-admin that they look into opening a Poets Corner for us, so maybe it will materialise soon. with lotsa love kate xxxxxxxxxxx

paulyyyyyyyyyyy i miss you so much on line . as you know i been bullyed on here to by the some ones and you was in when i was being bully to so i happy to name one of them sanglepatt . some on here think it there chat room and if you say any think your wroung well it not there chat room it every ones . paul then bad ones need to be kicked off i had 4 weeks of it and i had bad pm and emils teell thomas i back you all the ways . some on here a not nice at all . paul stand up and kick bullys off

I dont want to get into any arguements but i completely agree with pusspins... we are all different on here but we are entitled to write what we like, I thought that was what a blog was for and we don't have to read and we dont have to chat. If I dont like the chat I turn it off! and I can choose what I read. Personally I like what Paul writes and he cheers me up no end in the chat room so please Paul dont leave us, there are a lot of us who would miss you..even though I dont always understand your jokes!!

I agree with you Poet but how many more 'Storms in our Teacups' do we need here! before this all stops!
This whole thing is shameful! Pauls feelings have been hurt soooooo much,its not the first time this has happened lets just hope its the LAST! and that Paul comes bouncing back, just like Jilly did, im so proud of you Jilly for not allowing those people to dictate to you,im just hoping Paul does the same.
But I have to say I dont think the chatroom will ever be the same again somehow!!!
So cmon Paul get yourself back in the chatroom.

Sue

Hi Paul, I met you a couple of times and have to say found your humour to be wonderful. I cannot believe it, even in cancer chat we have "power junkies". I liked your poetry, but if I didn't I wouldn't read it, simple as that! If someone reads a blog and likes/enjoys the content then its great to tell the person who wrote it of the pleasure they got. If, on the other hand, someone doesn't like or enjoy something that has been contributed then surely silence is golden! This all reienforces the fact that even in cancer chat bullies have to flex their muscles, such a pity. I have observed bullying myself in chat and surely us humans, going through probably one of the most difficult periods of our lives, should refrain from the pecking order of life and go with the flow and stop bullying others. With the type word there is always going to be misinterpretation and misunderstanding and disagreement with opinions. Think again Paul and remember bullies should never win, so come back NOW.

Be Stronger Than, Not Angry At

I agree with Johanne and Poet - let it go! You're getting yourself (yourselves) het up over something quite trivial compared to our Common Enemy, which we should be fighting against together, not bickering like kids.

Re the poetry - I was a poetry editor for many years and have read all sorts of poetry of varying qualtiy. However good, bad or indifferent a poem is, if it's written from the heart it has something to say. As others have mentioned, don't read it if you don't want to, but don't criticise people for what they choose to post on their blogs. It's a healthy outlet and should offend no-one.

Come on, people, chill out and move on.

Best wishes to ALL - poets and haters of poetry alike.

Shelagh

PS: Good idea Poet40 - a rude joke corner would be ace. Did you hear the one about the cardinal who slipped viagra into the pope's cocoa? No, Neither did I. Sorry!

I agree its doesn't give the best impression especially if we are feeling vulnerable and scared anyway. As a fairly new member, I am now very careful what I respond to and what I put in my blogs, I have had some wonderful support and advice and I'm sure other newbies will get the same. But I haven't yet gone near the chat room cos my typing can be filled with errors, to be honest I don't feel confident of going in..
Best wishes to all
Carol x

Hi Paul

I understand and respect your decision and wish you all the good luck in the world. I totally concur with everything you have said. I too have been into computers since the heady early 80's so I understand what you mean.

One post suggested removing all comments regarding this topic. Now that's a good idea isn't it, lets censor/remove things we find distasteful, and that suggestion was from a man of words lol! The mind boggles. Next suggestion will be ????????

I do not agree with censorship at any level. If i don't like something I don't look/read it. That isn't complicated is it?

Bye bye Paul, you will be sorely missed by many many people on this site. Meanwhile I, and I know others will stand up to these cliques, how can we do otherwise?

Prayer:

God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.

John

PAULS BLOG PAULS POEMS HOW ABOUT WE ALL GROW UP AND LEAVE THE GUY BE HIS POEMS ARE BRILLIANT AND ITS NOT FAIR THAT PEOPLE BULLY ARE CASTISE OTHERS SO DROP IT AND PAUL KEEP UP THE AWESOME POETRY MAKES ME SMILE

Thanks Jim. At last, some reason to this whole unfortunate episode!

Which bit do you mean Alison??? which comment? there are loads!! Its over now sadly Paul has decided to leave. Jools