Judah, The problem isn't that you disagree. It's how you speak to Michael. You speak with a great deal of disrespect and are personally attacking him. You could have made your point, and much more effectively, without cutting into him that way. For example, the way you just expressed yourself was a lot better than your original post and a lot less off-putting.
Judith On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm supposing that you are speaking to the line where I said that > Michael should "please take it somewhere where you don't run up > against the very complicated and greyscale actual world." > > If not, I apologize and will happily seek clarification. If that is > what you mean, that is no call to censorship. Rather it is a call to > point out that the world outside our little mental narratives is quite > complicated. And that I feel that the narrative the Michael introduced > around Afghanistan (specifically potentially moderate elements of the > Taliban) is unhelpful and ill informed and that the only way his world > view is going to be supported in that situation is a thoroughly > artificial situation where the complications of the real world are > drawn away. > > I do not presume to tell Michael what to think, nor you. I do not > believe I ever have. If so, I apologize. I will most certainly tell > you when I fundamentally disagree with your expressed views however, > list owner or not. If that is an offense which suggests I be removed, > well, then there you go. That is the power of the list owner. > > Cheers, > Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291053 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
