In hopefully a final "somewhat" friendlier explanation ... Kakki wrote: > You can't see what I meant and choose to personalize it.
Are you suggesting I am obtuse? JK! Loving the reoccurrence of that word here these days and trying to keep it rolling. But seriously I do personalize it - you bet Kakki! But no more than I have seen you do here and take it so hard sometimes. Not that I am trying to make it personal, but we BOTH do take it that way - LEO! Kakki wrote: I was trying to defend where I am coming from since Mary was questioning me. When you have posted often about your motivations being love and peace and understanding, have I or others ever leapt out at you with outrage and said "who are you to accuse us who disagree with you of being hateful, warmonging peace-destroyers?" Seems I do recall a lecture to me about why that (peace,love & understanding) was such a pipe dream - so it may not have been outrage but I felt it was condescending. In fact without bringing up old stuff, I was a little insulted at the way that was handled but I chose to let it go. And I don't even like that I brought it up now, except to say, from opposite sides we're not that different. Although I really think many things implied or inuendos are IMHO worse than speaking directly and plainly, because I feel that particular method weakens trust. I said: > > How dare anyone imply that I am anti-American. > Kakki said: > For the 50th or so time, I do not think you or anyone else here protesting a > war are anti-American. What I would consider anti-American sentiment would > NOT be related Americans here dissenting war. How stupid of all of us, cause how many here now have felt that implication? You probably don't mean that, just as I don't remember directly calling you a war monger but maybe I did. Again innuendos and implications Kakki. Your ire at our negativity of America's war position is personalized in your repsonses. This isn't to say tit for tat, but I see little understanding from your side til you are faced, then I feel you become passive/aggresive in your rebuttals. So while my style and emotion may not suit you, yours irks me as well. Again, I remember a time when you and I could agree to disagree, but I am beginning to wonder if I was just dreaming that or maybe I was quieter and more emotionally weak in those early days. I would like to think we could still do that, but there is definitley an air of mistrust here these days. And that is sad. Kakki: Now if Osama himself was on > here ranting "death to America," I would not feel it was improper to make > the charge against him. Nor would I. But somehow, and again it would not be fair to discount our feelings either, many here felt you made that implication or correlation. Some by the way, much smarter & better educated than I! Now as I have tried not to be "too" inflamatory, let's hope we can move forward ... and ask ourselves ... What IS so funny bout peace, love and understanding? Doh! Guzzi you just can't keep your mouth shut - can you!? In all seriousness ... Peace, Susan NPIMH: Imagine all the people sharing all the oil you whooo ... Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
