I didn't know Artgal but I don't appreciate anyone who uses cancer as a joke. My mom doed of cancer and I have lost 3 uncles to it so I am not a fan of someone who does that just to get a laugh or sympathy.
I think I sort of understand where y'all are coming from and perhaps I just feel differently about it. I think pretty much everyone has been touched by cancer to some extent. I'm not making light of it however, I don't believe ArtGal was either. Like I said before, I think she got caught up in something she couldn't control. When she "died" and left Topix I don't think she ever had any intentions of coming back. What she didn't count on was getting "caught" after she left. However, her real name and address were out there and as Topix goes, someone looked her up and found her alive and well. TaDa all the info got posted and people got mad. Somehow they had forgotten all the love and compassion they had recently felt and believed they had been done wrong. I think that's a shame. You see, I was okay with all those feelings of sadness. I was okay with the tears I had shed. I honestly felt good about myself knowing that I could care to that extent about another person I didn't know and I was willing to talk to the moon on their behalf.
As far as her doing anything specifically to me, I hold her blameless. As far as her making fun of cancer, I didn't see that at all. I think I sort of put it in the same category as a movie where an actor fights the big "C" battle and loses yet at the end of the movie, that actor still walks away. They weren't "making fun of cancer or making light of cancer". They were simply playing a role.
One of the greatest privileges we have in this country is the ability to have a differing opinion. I'm grateful for that. I hope you are too.