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#41
RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:11 pm
I don't see how asking discussion - because what's happening is not debate, it's loose discussion - to be cleaned up a bit is in any way "controlling".

Nor do I see how asking for everyone to have a little empathy is, either.

Maybe I'm missing something.
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:15 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:11 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: Maybe I'm missing something.

apparently that makes two of us.
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:19 pm
What you have here people is a serious case of human nature! Dodgy
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:22 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:11 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I don't see how asking discussion - because what's happening is not debate, it's loose discussion - to be cleaned up a bit is in any way "controlling".

Nor do I see how asking for everyone to have a little empathy is, either.

Maybe I'm missing something.

You miss how " discussions " or " debates " develop, particularly over the net, where no visual contact exists and nuances are missed.
I am all for civilised debate, but from experience I know how other factors intervene ( like emotions, prejudices, stubborness....an expanding list ) generating " heat ".
If you come on forums like this, you should expect to feel the " heat " from time to time. My opinion.
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#45
RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:24 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Darwinian Wrote: What you have here people is a serious case of human nature! Dodgy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:30 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Darwinian Wrote: What you have here people is a serious case of human nature! Dodgy

Would you care to expand, Darwinian? I don't know who you may be having a pop at!
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:42 pm
I think he's just talking about the situation in general. Maybe I'm wrong though.
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:42 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:30 pm)bozo Wrote:
(September 2, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Darwinian Wrote: What you have here people is a serious case of human nature! Dodgy

Would you care to expand, Darwinian? I don't know who you may be having a pop at!

Why assume that I'm having a pop at anyone? All I'm saying is that no matter how impassioned a plea might be and how reasonable and sensible it is, there will always be some who strongly object to it.

That's human nature and it shouldn't surprise us.
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:48 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:42 pm)Darwinian Wrote:
(September 2, 2011 at 6:30 pm)bozo Wrote:
(September 2, 2011 at 6:19 pm)Darwinian Wrote: What you have here people is a serious case of human nature! Dodgy

Would you care to expand, Darwinian? I don't know who you may be having a pop at!

Why assume that I'm having a pop at anyone? All I'm saying is that no matter how impassioned a plea might be and how reasonable and sensible it is, there will always be some who strongly object to it.

That's human nature and it shouldn't surprise us.

I assumed you may be taking sides and was wondering which side.
Now I think you are sitting on the fence. ( no offence intended, before I'm misunderstood....just telling it like it seems )
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RE: Dear Atheist Forums
September 2, 2011 at 6:57 pm
(September 2, 2011 at 6:48 pm)bozo Wrote: I assumed you may be taking sides and was wondering which side.
Now I think you are sitting on the fence. ( no offence intended, before I'm misunderstood....just telling it like it seems )

I'm not taking sides, nor am I sitting on the fence. However, if I had to be on one side of this fence or another then I would be on the same side as thesummerqueen because the grass is greener over there.
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