Stan, I don't think hate belongs in anyone's vocabulary, from hating Man U to the Evil Green Bay Packers to some of the wing-nut politicians spouting off daily. As you say, it's not productive, and I believe it hurts you. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> >> On 6 Apr 2013, at 06:16, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi John, Stan, Bob and many other good PDMLers, I agree with you folks >>> and that we should not publish, depict, post or spread hatred on a >>> Public Network. >> >> Who gets to define hatred? >> >> >> B >> > > Good question Bob. Just to be clear, I have nothing against hatred. I think > it is a foolish waste of time, but I don't think it is something that can be > legislated. I feel sorry for those who get all wrapped up in their negative > feelings about other people and spend their time fulminating about others > rather than getting on with their own lives.* My objection is to those who > take violent action against those they hate, or who threaten violent action. > E.g., being a rabid fan with an abiding hatred of Man U is o.k. by me, being > a hooligan is not. > > * A former acquaintance is a nice happily married church-going woman who is a > good mother and has several young-adult children who would make any parent > proud. She is also way off on the other end of the political spectrum from > me. She is a "friend" of mine on Facebook. She persists in spreading hateful > nonsense stories about senior political leaders who I happen to support. I > feel sorry for her, but I believe she has the right to her paranoid > fantasies. I enjoy her postings with news of her kids and I ignore the other > stuff. > > stan > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
