Attack at Planned Parenthood Clinic

[God of Mr. Hanky]

There's no point in pretending to be nice anymore, while children are irreparably damaged at the hands of religious people, my coiuntry is sliding at a steepening angle toward outright theocracy. If you don't understand this, then maybe you've had the privelige of being raised non-religious.

I do find it beyond disturbing that the general well-being (health, self-esteem, self-understanding through sound education) of innocent children are being treated as less important by apparently senior members of this forum than your misguided emphasis on putting on a nice face for people who have never, ever played nice, have never, ever played clean, and who never, ever will do either while they are in power.

I am an ex-catholic, and have my own damage to deal with. And I am American and very aware of current politics. That does not mean we should treat other people of differing views without decency. I should not even have said what I did. It was petty, and in the heat of a disagreement.

How can we ever expect civility if we cannot, ourselves, show it?

You don't violate the parameters of civility by being critical, and nobody has the right to be received without criticism. I accept the criticism of others here on my statements, even though it was hardly more "decent" than what I said. As for what I said, I don't recall resorting to any name-calling, ad-hominem attacks, and certainly not profanity. Although harsh (to a fault, so I admit with a person who I know little of other than her socio-political position), I believe I accurately spelled out the reality of the impact which the Catholic Ladies of the world have on society through their social positions and political lobbying.

I really don't enjoy hurting other people's feelings, especially when they seem to be so good-natured, but the problem is that I care a lot more about the many people who are harmed by ideas which are unfortunately regarded as immune to much-deserved judgement according to the stark facts regarding this harm. It extends far beyond the pregnant woman in question, and the decision she makes, or what others decide for her.