At 12:01 PM 4/4/2006, Rich Blinne wrote:
On 4/3/06, Janice Matchett
<<mailto:janmatch@earthlink.net>janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>@ I allow people to be who they are and am not offended by what
>they choose to believe in the least. I have friends from all walks
>of life and political/religious/non-religious persuasions who will
>attest to that fact. They also know that if they want to disagree
>with me on any particular subject that I have strong opinions on,
>they had better have done their homework before they engage me on
>it. How they "feel" about things doesn't impress me. I don't
>believe in attempting to reason people out of beliefs that they
>haven't first reasoned themselves into. I know a lot are offended
>by it, but the more I perceive someone's opinions/beliefs to be
>emotion-based, the less likely it is that I would even begin to
>"seriously" engage in debate with them. It's like riding in the
>boat of a one-armed boat-rower. I don't have the time to spend
>going in endless circles .. even though I sometimes amuse myself by
>coming out and playing with them for short periods from time to time. :)
>
>"..I am extremely depressed about this. ..." ~ Rich
@ I believe you, but I don't feel like coming out to play right
now. ~ Janice
Received on Tue Apr 4 12:22:06 2006
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