I gotta admit that I did put some negative POVs only because I was feeling frustrated.
Really, I think this whole thing started due to some senstiivitiness of each other's values and the feelings that one or the other's values werent as important as the other person's values and it just spiraled from there. I really cant even remember how it started.
Really, in real life, the Deaf community is not like that most of the time. I mean, nobody goes out of their way to insult parents for implanting their children. It is more towards the attitude about sign language not being as important as spoken language is what many people take offense to. I think that was how this whole bashing thing got started. LOL!
Gosh, we have a parent of one implanted student who is actively involved in the PTCA and Deaf events at our school. I dont recall anyone bashing him for his decision for implanting his child. Everyone loves chatting with him and learning from him.
Dont forget, that this is a forum and u would most likely see so many debates about CIs, deaf education, oralism and blah blah here but out there in real life, nobody really argues with each other like we do here. 
