Posted by JenStar on June 12, 2005, at 23:41:55
In reply to Re: How to build a Zen, posted by so on June 12, 2005, at 23:26:44
OK, I found the thread. I guess to me, it seems that political discussions are going to be extremely heated and passionate. It almost seems (again, to me) that having a political debate on this kind of board is going to be extremely difficult, b/c when people get heated up about politics they generally use words or phrases that offend someone. For some reason, politics seems to enrage almost everyone at some point!
I like to debate about politics, but I often get too zealous about it (even with family & friends - or maybe ESPECIALLY with family & friends) and end up saying things I don't really want to say.
I guess that people have to be really savvy about formal debate-like rules in order to have a political discussion and not get bent out of shape, mad, or end up saying something offensive. You know, like the high school & college debates. But most people don't know how to debate like that, so it often gets heated.
Still, though, I guess I didn't feel offended at all when I read those posts. I just tried to "read through" the words & see what people were trying to say. I think that's really important when discussing politics.
Are you really interested in politics? Is that why you post mostly on that board?
JenStar
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