Posted by Dinah on June 6, 2005, at 21:03:38
In reply to Re: not that strong » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on June 6, 2005, at 20:50:33
No, I don't see it as the same. Sorry.
Everyone was invited. We would have welcomed whoever was able to attend.
The difference was in who joined in, not in who was invited.
It's like I might not be able to post on Politics because I don't have the stomach for it. But I don't think the people on Politics are excluding me. For whatever reasons, many beyond my control, I can't participate. But they wouldn't tell me to leave if I was able to.
The result may be the same, but the route is different. The route may not matter to you, but it does to me. If we had asked you not to come, or if we had said that only twentyfive people could come, and then no more invites would be extended it would be the same. But that wasn't the case.
You may feel the same. But the route wasn't the same.
In your value system that may not matter. In mine intentions do matter.
But I can talk to you about this till I'm blue in the face and it won't make a difference, so I withdraw from future comparisons.
You are free to believe as you wish, as am I.
poster:Dinah
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