Re: Reply to Janice

On 4/4/06, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 12:01 PM 4/4/2006, Rich Blinne wrote:
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> On 4/3/06, *Janice Matchett* <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
>

The quoting here is highly misleading. I am not depressed about whether
Janice comes out to play.
The this referenced here is SOME of the right (most notably Rush) to ignore
global warming and slandering others on the right who believe that this is a
real problem. The right is good at solving problems when it admits there is
one. The good news is that a number of conservatives and specifically
conservative Chrsitians do admit to this problem. Janice and Rush are not
representative of all of us.
Received on Tue Apr 4 12:48:43 2006