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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:59 -0500, Matt Whiting
wrote: Except for cowardly anonymous internet ng posters... Matt Sticks in the old craw a litttle bit, doesn't it? |
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![]() "Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:59 -0500, Matt Whiting wrote: Except for cowardly anonymous internet ng posters... Matt Sticks in the old craw a litttle bit, doesn't it? Not at all. I just don't understand cowards. Never have and probably never will. I guess though that if I was weak in my convictions and had low self-esteem, I'd hide as well. Matt An old brahma bull has high self-esteem. He's bold and blustery, full of esteem, but still stupid. |
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jls wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:59 -0500, Matt Whiting wrote: Except for cowardly anonymous internet ng posters... Matt Sticks in the old craw a litttle bit, doesn't it? Not at all. I just don't understand cowards. Never have and probably never will. I guess though that if I was weak in my convictions and had low self-esteem, I'd hide as well. Matt An old brahma bull has high self-esteem. He's bold and blustery, full of esteem, but still stupid. You seem an expert on bull, so I'll take your word on this. Matt |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:20 -0500, Matt Whiting
wrote: Not at all. I just don't understand cowards. Never have and probably never will. I guess though that if I was weak in my convictions and had low self-esteem, I'd hide as well. Matt Now here we actually get into a perfect microcosm of religion. Your belief system says that everyone who posts here should post under his real name (or a name that LOOKS like a real name,at least, since I am sure you have not verified that every name used here is actually a given name of the poster).. My belief system, on the other hand, says that it don't make a whit's difference what the poster's name is, but the idea expressed is what is important, agree with it or not. The difference between my belief system and yours is this: I couldn't care less what name you use. Use Matt Whiting or Whistlindixie, it don't make a whit's difference to me. Your preference and beliefs are yours, do what you will. It's no skin off my nose. Your belief about posting, however, requires that I behave as you do and think the way you do, otherwise you are compelled to attempt to intimidate and insult me by calling me a coward, weak in my convictions, and having low self esteem, even though you know nothing of me other than what you know through half a dozen postings. And that gets to the nub of religion. The religious are usually so unsure of their positions, and unable to offer any evidence of their convictions, that they must have the agreement of others to validate their beliefs. If they cannot get it any other way, they begin to use whatever force they can use to compel others to behave as they do. And suddenly they are on that slippery slope of religious bigotry and intolerance, exactly the same kind of bigotry and intolerance you are showing for my free choice of using whatever name I wish to post with, by using name-calling and insults, the only real forms of intimidation available to you here, to validate your belief. So thanks for the help in proving my point. |
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