Posted by Dr. Bob on June 30, 2006, at 6:00:32
In reply to Re: clarification, posted by AuntieMel on June 29, 2006, at 11:07:42
> So the message I'm getting is to always be positive. Why not give people the opportunity to disagree?
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> JakeThe message is to be supportive. The issue isn't disagreeing, but criticizing. Different points of view are fine, and in fact encouraged, but your freedom of speech is limited here.
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> What would happen if I were to post a long missive on - say hitler, just to keep with prior examples - and say nothing but what a good leader he was and how much I support his thinking, etc, etc, blah, blah.
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> It's 'supportive', but don't you think it might upaset some people?I agree, it might upset some people. Maybe it makes a difference if the leader is still alive? :-) How about if we cross that bridge if we come to it?
> Again, I would think that - at least on a 'politics' board - critical things should be considered civil, as long as the critical things are about policies and actions and not about people.
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> AuntieMelBetter policies than people, still, better supportive than critical...
Bob
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