Reply #65: That's an absolutist stance [View All]

[melody]

It's the viewpoint of an extremist.

Life presents situations which must be considered individually. To force one belief system
simply because it happens to be our own, is to create a system that doesn't work for anyone --
and that is what you are doing in this, as much as anyone else.

I used to argue your global/all-or-nothing position when I was in my twenties and thirties.
A little age tends to improve one's appreciation for a "time for every purpose".

Be on a mailing list for ten minutes where "free speech" is exercised as the right for anyone
to say whatever they want at any time and you'll quickly find that the only people who get to
say anything are the bullies. The rest of the list ends up in a silent corner, unable to express
themselves. A little structure helps to facilitate open communication, it does not thwart it.

That said, this ends my participation in this thread, because we're only talking in circles.