Posted by teejay on March 28, 2006, at 19:03:50
In reply to Sorry., posted by Dinah on March 28, 2006, at 18:04:30
> That bit of self talk really should have remained in my mind.
NO NO NO!!!! That is the whole idea of politics, its ALL about the freedom to express oneself, thats totally why it doesnt work on this site, because Bob won't allow posters to express themselves, or makes them feel uncomfortable if they do so. Its my opinion that Bobs philosphy is actually detrimental to the healing of the individual. I come here and I'm so scared of upsetting someone else that it actually dents MY self confidence and self image! I mean, wheres the logic in that?
Let me give you an example (its pertinent to the US posters but those of us in the UK are much more relaxed about the issue) abortion. Now the pro life brigade will of course tell YOU that abortion is murder. Now the way I see Bobs civility rules, that would be tantamount to accusing someone of murder and would fall foul of his civility rules. See what I'm getting at here?
In my case I'm big AGAINST the war in iraq.....I firmly believe and always have done (and think the evidence has more than emerged to back up my case) that both the US and UK leaders conspired to mislead the public about WMD (funny how you never hear of those now isnt it ???). I believe they needlessly killed tens of thousands of iraqis PURELY because they wanted a battlefied on which to fight al-queda. Of course that may well fall foul of Bobs civility rules too as it might upset or offend someone who thinks G W Bush or Tony B liar (its a UK joke) are some kind of heros.
Rather than have to worry when I post about subjects I feel VERY passionate about, I'd rather not bother at all.
I'm gobsmacked at the response to my original post though with not ONE single person supporting Bobs stance on the issue...........but Bob doesnt believe in democracy when it goes against his way of thinking. IMO anyway.
See you one alter guys n gals :-)
Best wishes and hope you are all feeling well
TJ
poster:teejay
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