NYMom,
I think you understand now. Your intentions are good, but this may not be the best place for the topic.
Now, if you had chosen the topic of improving Shabbos observance, you might have received some even-keeled feedback. I don’t think you would have anyone say, the bain adam l’chavero was great in the early days when countless were forced to work on Shabbos, so let’s not focus on the nitty gritty minutiae of the Shabbos laws; obviously, working on improvement today is unrelated to any specific ma’aleh of yesteryear; we should be working on ALL areas, and having made achievement or not in one area does not preclude working on another. Nor would you have someone say, we’ve come such a long way from the chilul Shabbos of early immigrant years, let’s applaud our hard working men for coming so far and stop obsessing over small things like squeezing sponges. You will also not hear things like perhaps you’re jealous of people who keep Shabbos according to halacha, and how about just stop looking.
So, NYMom, you picked the wrong topic :).