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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

You skipped right over the most important part!! The title of the post!! I think the attitude of the post was set with the title, not the question!
" honest thoughts w/o the uglies" sets a negative tone, as if it was expected that people would be "ugly" or intolerant of the OP or the question. I am sure without that negative connotation straight out of the gate, with just the questions asked, the entire post would have never produced "5 pages of BoB" (have NO idea what that means!) and the question would have been answered with opinions directed specifically to the question, rather than members getting their backs bowed up over the implication they had better answer sweetly and only in a manner approved by the OP or dont answer the post at all because "what you have to say is irrelevant". Dont approach people with an attitude, expecting hatefullness and meaness and beligerance, and you more than likely will not find the need to run and hide. I hope all new posters take that advice to heart....all breeds are welcome here, no dogs are crap, and if members on this forum are treated like they are sincerely concerned and more than willing to help address any question or issue a poster may have, rather than like a bunch of ogres just waiting to attack some poor new person, they may just be amazed at the positive responses they receive.
And congratulations go out to New Yorkers for their win!! Their very pretty representative from New York, won Miss America title this evening!!

very well put, thank you!