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Date Posted: 10:20:35 09/15/05 Thu
Author: Matthew Villani
Subject: Re: Political views
In reply to: jim 's message, "Re: Political views" on 06:45:29 09/15/05 Thu

>>>>Feel free to discuss where you stand on the
>political
>>>>spectrum, whether it be left, centrist, right, or
>>>>unclassifyable. However, all political debates on
>>this
>>>>site will be moderated with a very heavy hand,
>>because
>>>>if they are not, they have a tendancy to dissolve
>>into
>>>>a nonproductive flame war, or worse yet, an outlet
>>for
>>>>sick-minded people to smear degrading, slanderous
>>>>aspersions on their opponents in the form of
>>>>tasteless, vulgar, extremely crude remarks, almost
>>>>always involving scatological or sexual activities.
>>>
>>>I'm mostly a traditional conservative.
>>
>>Same here, issues I wouldn't be conservative about are
>>that I don't care as much about religion as most
>>conservatives do (it's like a secondary thing, however
>>giving athiests free run to stamp down Christianity is
>>disgusting, which is what the Supreme Court is doing),
>>and I'm against xenophobia; I consider all Whites to
>>be White, no matter their origins. For example, many
>>don't consider Iranians to be White but they most
>>definately are.
> matthew, they are tearing you up on burts forum, i
>have tried to defend you but its not working, lets put
>a stop to this right away.

They can't tear up someone who isn't there. Sounds like they're building a straw effigy of myself, and lighting it ablaze. That's what people who are afraid of others' viewpoints do. Tell them that they're more than willing to post here if they're capable of acting like adults.

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Re: Political views -- Adriana, 13:59:41 09/15/05 Thu