{"id":1050,"date":"2011-10-06T21:39:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2011-10-07T08:51:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T12:51:41","slug":"care-to-comment-many-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/10\/care-to-comment-many-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Care To Comment? Many Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the fun and\/or challenging parts of writing a blog is getting comments about them.<\/p>\n<p>I am happy to report Changing Channels is up to 200 comments, which is more than the number of blog posts I have written.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate readers taking the time to write in, especially with the busy lives we all seem to have.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the comments I received from 100 to 200 were about Charlie Sheen.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote you shouldn&#8217;t feel sorry for him for losing his role in Two and A Half Men. Some of you didn&#8217;t care for that:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1051\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/files\/2011\/10\/charlie-sheen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1051\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/248\/2011\/10\/charlie-sheen-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Sheen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t care what you say because, you don\u2019t have control of my feelings so don\u2019t tell me not to feel sorry for Charley,&#8221; wrote Debra.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well sorry, I do feel sorry for Charlie Sheen. He is a good actor but most important, he has been going through some very bad times,&#8221; Donnalee added.<\/p>\n<p>The comments made me backtrack a bit, especially as a constantly failing Christian. I DO feel bad for him as a person, but not TOO much due to his financial situation, which should be fine.<\/p>\n<p>I knew, just KNEW I&#8217;d get knocked for my post on Bayer&#8217;s Eric First, an ad in which the doctor has badly discolored teeth, but shows up months later touched up &#8230; in the same ad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I would just give thought as to why this brought up a concern within yourself\u2026not whether Bayer made a decision one way or the other\u2026good point upon which to contemplate\u2026our own reactions\u2026,&#8221; drilled Mary.<\/p>\n<p>I still feel bad about pointing out his teeth, as mine are no prize either&#8230; more cracker jack than prize, really. BUT, I feel somewhat justified in that the post was e-mailed a whopping 265 times!<\/p>\n<p>Sink yer&#8217; teeth into that fact &#8230; or not.<\/p>\n<p>The most opined on story was reported death threats on a Big Brother competitor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get a life, stop getting so involved in reality shows and just enjoy them,&#8221; wrote one person anonymously to people who get wrapped up emotionally in those programs.<\/p>\n<p>Well put, and thanks everyone for reading and commenting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the fun and\/or challenging parts of writing a blog is getting comments about them. I am happy to report Changing Channels is up to 200 comments, which is more than the number of blog posts I have written. 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