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>What do we agree on? >1. Everyone has different opinions and are allowed to >express their opinions >2. Most comments are speculation and intepretation >3. Disclaimers are not necessary > >What don't we agree on? >(I'm using myself as an example mostly because I can't >speak for how you see other people.) >1. My taking people's point and arguing where I see >flaws and holes is an argument. You see it as me >being high-and-mighty and pushing my agenda on people. > >2. Some intepretations are better than others. You >believe they're all intepretation and all equally >valid. > >Well, seeing how we agree on more things than we >disagree on, there really is no point in chasing our >tails trying to prove our point after this (which is >not to say earlier arguments weren't valid). You have >a problem with how I word my posts and arguments, I >don't. I *will* keep in mind to try not to come off >as pushing my opinions on other people in the future, >but if I see it fit to poke a hole in someone else's >argument, I'm going to do so. Not because I feel a >need to feed my elitist views, but because I disagree >with it and I have to voice my disagreement and where >it came from. > >As for my believing there are better intepretations, >it's how I feel. If it makes me poorer, than that's >my lost. I'm not saying I'm right, but that for me, I >believe in degrees on arguments and intepretation and >I do judge them. I'm not going to apologize for that >unless I openly and viciously attack someone and call >their argument stupid and ridiculous. > >Now I realize we both have different definitions of >what constitute an open and vicious attack, but I'll >do this for you: I'll be careful to not make my >writing come off as if I believed the other person to >be less of a fan or that their views are "moot". >However, I will decide when I cross the line. >Everyone has a different sensitivity. I won't be able >to accomodate all of them even if I wanted (which I >don't.) > >(Note to Marina: I don't mean the last line to sound >like I think I you expect me to accomodate all the >sensitivities. I'm just making a point that I don't >feel a need to please everyone to other people who >might think I cracked for a moment and thought about >that for a minute. That just ain't a Lika thing to do >*grin*)
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