I get your point. We're using disagreed and excluded as synonyms.
Or you can cry waah, waah, waah... be excluded, not work towards anything, and call oneself a victim. By 'exclude' (it wasn't my original word, I think it was Tom Reese's) I meant, or maybe Tom Reese meant, not holding the popular opinion or conforming with the norm.
For what it's worth, I exclude myself at will, but I don't whimper about it or expect someone else, or some other entity (ACLU), to take up my cause. Holding a viewpoint that is counter to what prevails is one's right, but it also comes with the fact that one may not be popular or accepted.
In my case, I have my own viewpoints and opinions They are strong, yet rarely expressed in a strong or confrontational manner. Why? Because trying to exercise a reasonable degree of tolerance, I basically expect (or hope) others to exercise the same.
Tom C. From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:34:58 -0600 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues
Sorry... I don't get your point. I was saying that if one expresses a personal viewpoint or conviction (or if a government's laws coincide with a personal viewpoint or conviction) it almost guarantees that someone is going to be excluded.
It guarantees that someone is going to be disagreed with on some things, I don't see why it should automatically exclude someone from the process though. We have a form of government here where there are basically two opposing sides in the government. One side is called the government, and they get to make laws and handle the day to day business of overseeing the business of running their jurisdiction. The other side is called the Opposition, their job is to work as a watchdog on the government. The above is a rather simplistic view, but is more or less the way it works at the federal and provincial levels.
No one needs be excluded, you can agree with the government and work towards the goals it has, or you can disagree with it and work against same, to whatever degree you choose (short of assassinations and the like, which we frown upon).
William Robb
