[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by RJK at 01 Feb 2002 22:37:03: Re: Sad...
As an answer to: Sad... written by AJ at 20 Jan 2002 17:02:10:
>You are right Spyros. All the bitching and name calling is not productive to helping people, and hey, that's what's this forum is about. I'm not sure that some people can even come close to understanding that their opinions/beliefs on the subject are not always relevant to every circumstance. This probably comes from a lack of knowledge and experience on the subject matter. I can't even write a simple message nowadays without Jim or PaulB throwing lies, accusations, misfacts, name calling, etc, onto the thread.
>It'd be so much easier if everyone appreciated some simple facts:
>Fact: Circumcision is sometimes a neccessary solution to a problem.
>Fact: Stretching works for some.
>Fact: Stretching does not work for some.
>Fact: Putting non-medically approved foreign bodies under the foreskin can be dangerous.
>Fact: Calling people "assholes" and "bastards" and insinuating that they have a serious mental issue because they do not agree with YOU is wrong.This fact is all too true. People have every right to agree or disagree, but they have no right whatever to call others "assholes", "bastards", or any other inappropriate, nasty term just because they disagree with them. You have a right to your opinions, and some folks will agree with you. Shrillness isn't attractive in a 2-year old, & it's totally unacceptable in those who are (chronologically) adult. Brian Stuart set this forum up, and it went well (nbot to say monolithically, because there were diverse opinions)for some months, but it's beyond sad to see it perverted now past any bounds of propriety. Hope you keep up the restraint but do not cease to express your own opinions.
>I've showed a lot of restraint and patience on this forum recently, even under the barrage of non-relevant stuff - name calling, insinuations etc. It'd certainly be nice if some could excersize a similar restraint too. Afterall, I assume, that we all frequent this board to help others (that's why I come here at least).
>Thanks