Posted by kiddo on July 24, 2002, at 20:09:52
In reply to Re: more and more discriminating every day, posted by Dr. Bob on July 24, 2002, at 15:04:28
> > > > > Maybe, but others might find it unsupportive.
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> > I find another persons belief unsupportive, but that hasn't deterred them any....
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> What belief is that?
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> > > No individual poster is under any obligation to be supportive to any other individual poster. There's a difference between not being supportive and being unsupportive.
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> > Define the difference for me please so that I may be able to understand this better and we may further discuss it.
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> Putting someone down is being unsupportive. Not responding at all is not being supportive, but not being unsupportive, either.
How did I possibly put someone down by saying that my belief was one specific way? I consider putting someone down to be calling them names, degrading them, etc...>
> > > This isn't the place to look for support for potentially unsupportive beliefs. There are other forums that allow freer discussion of religious and other issues.
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> > I think I'm beginning to understand now. Only certain people and their *beliefs* are supported by you, and anyone/anything else is *unsupportive here.
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> If you want to put it that way, yes, I only support the posting of certain types of beliefs.
>Crystal clear. So far that's the only one you've accepted.
> > I can't believe what I'm reading. You want me to go somewhere else? You want ME to leave, but not someone else??????????
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> Did I say I wanted you to leave? I'd just like you to refrain from posting certain types of beliefs. But I understand that your beliefs are important to you, and it would be natural to want to have them supported. *If* it's important for you to be free to put down others and to have that supported, then for *that purpose* other forums are more appropriate.
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> BobThat's how I took it, yes....yes, my beliefs are important to me. I can't believe this...you don't understand at all. It isn't important for me to "put others down", but it is important for me to be able to express myself as equally as anyone else.
Kiddo
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