Message #18467

[goldenearring]

"I don't believe I ever made a personal attack on you. I made comments about your belief system as you did about mine but I NEVER made an attack on you personally. "    NOT "SHOUTING," JUST CAPS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS MY ANSWER TO YOUR COMMENTS:  YOU ARE RIGHT, RADAR.  YOU ARE RIGHT.  YOU ARE RIGHT.  YOU ARE RIGHT.  THE "PERSONAL ATTACKS" COMMENT WAS DIRECTED TO AMERICANWOMAN, AND SHE KNOWS IT.  SHE IS JUST LYING LOW, AS IN THE PAST, HOPING THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN A FLAME WAR.  IT WON'T.  

"I personally don't feel that we should debate this any longer since I feel that we will just travel in circles. We are both very opinionated and I highly doubt that either of us will change the other's mind."  WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE THAT WE ARE BOTH HIGHLY OPINIONATED?  I REITERATE MY OPINION THAT IF WE CAN'T SHARE WHAT WE BELIEVE, IF WE GET SHOT DOWN JUST BECAUSE WHAT WE SAY TICKS EACH OTHER OFF, HOW ON EARTH CAN PEOPLE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?  MAYBE NOW YOU HAVE COOLED DOWN AND CAN READ WHAT I WROTE BOTH TO THE A-WOMAN AND, THEN, TO YOU, AND GET THE HEART OF THE MESSAGE.  THIS PARTICULAR FORUM **IS** A PLACE TO DISCUSS "HEAVY" STUFF, WITHOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS, AND WHILE KEEPING EMOTIONS IN CHECK.  I DIDN'T ASK TO CHANGE YOUR MIND; I THREW OUT MY OPINION AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.  WE MAY NEVER CHANGE EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS, BUT IS THERE ANY REASON WHY, IN THIS FORUM, UNDER A CLOAK OF RELATIVE ANONYMITY, WE CAN NOT FREELY SHARE THEM IN ORDER TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY EACH OF US THINKS THE WAY THAT WE DO?  IF THAT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY SUCH AS THIS WOULD PRESENT ITSELF.  LIKE I SAID, TALKING REPETITIVELY ABOUT THE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT MUNDANE THINGS THAT CAN COME UP IN ADMINS AND CAFE ADMIN GETS A LITTLE BORING AFTER WHILE, AT LEAST TO ME.  IF I'M GOING TO SPEND TIME ON A BOARD LIKE THIS, I WANT A LITTLE MORE OUT OF IT THAN TELLING YOU WHAT HAIR COLOR I USE!  (I'M SURE YOU CAN APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN FEW YEARS OF ADMIN EXPERIENCE UNDER YOUR BELT, JUST LIKE I DO.)
OK, ENOUGH ALREADY.