Tim,
Can I add to the thanks - especially for your efforts as group moderator.
And thanks for the words. When my daughter came out a year ago it was so
great to see her happy with someone, but even then it was hard for her to
find a way to tell us. We got wind and created an opportunity, and they've
just celebrated their first year (ahh, young love). I fully endorse your
suggestion that all parents should make it feel as safe as possible, not
just assume (either that their children are heterosexual or that they don't
need the support).
Paul Ticher
0116 273 8191
22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
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> Sent: 01 November 2010 15:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [data-protection] [Off Topic] I think it's time to go quietly :)
>
>
>
> Being a member of this list is addictive. I think I've been here for a
> little over ten years. I know I've learned a lot. I think I may have given
> some snippets of wise advice and I know I've been wrong at times. I hope
> I've learnt from being wrong.
>
>
>
> One mistake I would make again is when I asked someone who was expressing
> some form of bigotry on the list way back in 2002 to cease. He complained
> to
> my employer and I went through a torrid disciplinary process before they
> made me redundant in 2003. But I'd do it again. Nonetheless, be careful
> with
> email, with Facebook, with Twitter. All these can get you into a huge mess
> if you are unwise even if you think you are acting in a private capacity.
> That is definitely a privacy issue, though perhaps not Data Privacy
>
>
>
> My life has taken a different turn. The three of you who follow my blog
> will
> know that I am campaigning hard alongside but not affiliated with Dan
> Savage's It Gets Better Project in the USA. I am deeply concerned about
> the
> appalling issues of bullycide and LGBT kids in the USA and elsewhere.
>
>
>
> I do have a message for people here that is totally, wholly off topic. I
> hope you will not pillory me for one wholly non DPA topic. I do not mean
> it
> to set a trend. It's simply something that I feel very strongly about.
> Anyone who chooses to read my personal web site at
> http://tinyurl.com/lk7t3r
> will see why:
>
>
>
> If you are a parent and love your child, have you said to them this simple
> thing: "Some people fall for girls, some for boys. If you come home with a
> girlfriend or a boyfriend, we will love you just the same, and we hope we
> will like them. But the most important thing for us is that you are
> happy."
> Please copy this and pass it on as far as you can. Most folk won't. Will
> you? Remove the power of the bullies by showing your child how much you
> love
> them. The life you save may be your own child's.
>
>
>
>
>
> It was nothing to do with the subject matter of the list. I wonder if I've
> earned the liberty I just took by posting it here :)
>
>
>
>
>
> I've watched the list grow, gain power and gain highly skilled highly
> authoritative folk. I hope I was one of them and was of some use. I
> enjoyed
> my time together with Sam Hill as moderator. I hope I added the correct
> value there, too. I know Sam did.
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm sad that there are so few new voices. I wish the new people here would
> ask questions and answer them, too. So what if you don't know the answer?
> The list is meant to provide the answers that we have, and show where to
> find other things. So dare to ask questions and, yes, dare to be wrong!
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm going to stay around until the end of November. My other email is
> [log in to unmask], though I own ComplianceAndPrivacy.Com so will keep
> that
> for the foreseeable future. I'll open my mouth to change feet on topics
> where I've got something to add what I believe fondly to be my unique
> value,
> and will doubtless continue to annoy some folk, too. It's one of the
> things
> I do well, that last :)
>
>
>
> I no longer seek work actively in the DP field, though will take it
> happily
> if offered. I am retired pleasantly early, living happily overlooking the
> river in Dartmouth. If you're coming to the area email or call me. There's
> a
> great tea shop, The Singing Kettle, and the cream tea is to die for.
> You're
> buying the tea! Heck, I'm retired!
>
>
>
> And if you come to Dartmouth and don't get in touch, go and visit the
> Singing Kettle anyway. I won't feel upset if you don't want to say hi!
>
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