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I think people should remember that we are a family here, and that everyone here has a responsibility to get along with everyone else. No one person's opinion is more right than any other. BetterMost was created by Phillip as a way for us to move forward in our lives, and we are
privileged to be here:
BetterMost was created so that we could explore the movie's themes and its impact on each of us, and then how we can apply those themes to our own lives. What can we take from this film and build on within ourselves. Maybe you need encouragement to follow through on your own dreams, but have not done so out of fear or need support so you don't feel like you are doing it all alone. Perhaps there are issues in your own life dealing with love or sexuality that you want to safely discuss with a compassionate group of people. Perhaps you fear your life is already destined to end up like Ennis and want to find a way to make sure that doesn't happen.
We all come into this with one point of commonality - we've all been touched by Brokeback Mountain and we can all relate to the characters and the messages of the film. At first, I'm sure we're all going to dwell heavily on the movie itself, and that's fine. But eventually I want to see us move forward together as online friends to carry on our lives in a way that honors the film even after it's no longer obsessing us to the point of distraction.
I would go so far to say that the petty squabbles we seen in this thread are exactly NOT what we want to see here. One of the messages I took away from Brokeback Mountain was that I wasn't going to stand by while one person hurts another and calls it "an opinion". A cultural attack (including the American-ese versus the English-ese debate) is not an opinion, it is racism, and it is not welcome here.
There is only one qualification to join BetterMost and that's to have a love for Brokeback Mountain and want to make positive changes in your life. The sentiments in the OP of this thread are beautiful as are many of the replies. I ask that all posts from now on are written with the
reader's feelings in mind. If you do not agree with a post and wish to say so, it is not difficult to word your thoughts positively and constructively. If you cannot do this, or if you do not think it is important consideration, then please save yourself (and the rest of us) the trouble, buy yourself a diary, and write to the only person that wont disagree with you or get offended (that's you by the way).