RE: In need of education.
August 26, 2011 at 5:38 pm
(This post was last modified: August 26, 2011 at 5:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Aegrus, while you are probably correct, I personally don't want to invite anyone into my tent that spends their time dreaming about how other people will be eternally tortured. If civility were all that enticing to a person such as this it becomes difficult to imagine how they ended up with these sorts of fantasies in the first place.
Those that would rather see you burn than entertain the notion, for even one minute, that they may be incorrect are not the kind of people who are likely to be swayed by civility. I agree with Ace in that some of the faithful are indistinguishable from the mentally unstable. I have also seen grown adults voice the same opinions, in exactly the same manner as this 13 year old.
I'm absolutely sick of being told to be nice to people who smile at the thought of others suffering. I'll call them on their bullshit every time and I won't apologize. There's no sense wagging fingers at the person who responds to monstrosity with aggression, ridicule, and downright malice. That is exactly how it should be dealt with, and always should have been dealt with. If it were we could have saved ourselves plenty of trouble at just about any point in time.
For my own part I chalk this down to her being 13. So whatever she's likely to say is to be taken with a grain of salt (though I wonder exactly who would want their children to express such ideas). I'm not out there searching for believers to accost. When someone approaches me and starts in on this drivel they're going to end up getting exactly the kind of ridicule they chose to endure by opening their mouths before thinking.
Those that would rather see you burn than entertain the notion, for even one minute, that they may be incorrect are not the kind of people who are likely to be swayed by civility. I agree with Ace in that some of the faithful are indistinguishable from the mentally unstable. I have also seen grown adults voice the same opinions, in exactly the same manner as this 13 year old.
I'm absolutely sick of being told to be nice to people who smile at the thought of others suffering. I'll call them on their bullshit every time and I won't apologize. There's no sense wagging fingers at the person who responds to monstrosity with aggression, ridicule, and downright malice. That is exactly how it should be dealt with, and always should have been dealt with. If it were we could have saved ourselves plenty of trouble at just about any point in time.
For my own part I chalk this down to her being 13. So whatever she's likely to say is to be taken with a grain of salt (though I wonder exactly who would want their children to express such ideas). I'm not out there searching for believers to accost. When someone approaches me and starts in on this drivel they're going to end up getting exactly the kind of ridicule they chose to endure by opening their mouths before thinking.
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