[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Ivan at 16 Apr 2003 15:15:38: Re: Digging...
As an answer to: Digging... written by AJ at 16 Apr 2003 12:31:15:
>>The thing is that, there ARE no anti-circ sites (to the best of my knowledge) !
>There's many. Here's a few:
>http://www.circumstitions.com
>http://www.cirp.org/
>http://www.intact.ca/
>>The definition of such a site would be that any opinion that would favour circumcision would lead to a ban of the participant.
>I'd suggest that a more accurate defintion of an anti-circ site, is one that is anti-circumcision.How about saying it's one where the substantial majority of regular posters are against circumcision. Chimp does make an interesting point, though, that it seems that sites that anti-circ people don't seem to seek to prevent pro-circ postings, although they will challenge the content of the statements, while pro-circ sites often bar any postings which aren't pro-circ. I'll leave it to each to think on the implications of one side being open to contrary comments while the other side is full of fear and loathing.
>>However, there ARE pro-circ sites such as Circlist, where they don't tolerate free opinions.
>I wouldn't know. I'm not a member of Circlist. However, I do know that certain forums online are populated by those that do not appreciate free opinions just like you say the Circlist people do - especially when the free opinions are in conflict or contrary to the majority of contributors.Perhaps some are like this, but what I see more often is the ideas expressed in the posts being challenged with facts, and the people who cannot defend their ideas claiming that this means that their posts are not welcome. While everyone is entitled to their opinions, to the extent that those opinions rest upon factual bases, it is not surprising that when one makes posts publicly which rely on demonstrably mistaken facts that others would seek to bring to bear verified factual information. One can choose to be as a Flat-Earther, but don't expect to do so in a discussion forum without contradiction.