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Originally Posted by dsvick
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How did you know I was talking about you!!
Again, it's not about censorship, or it shouldn't be. It's about treating people with dignity and respect even if you don't agree with their points of view. Too many times I've read posts where people are extremely negative towards my country (USA) or towards my faith (Christian) or even my views on a particularly hot political topic (Global warming). I believe it's human nature to want to defend a position upon which you feel very strongly. The problem is that the people who make such negative and abrasive comments don't first think to themselves how they would feel if someone posted such abrasiveness towards their viewpoints.
There is a regular poster here who VERY obviously has no good will toward the United States. He does not live in my country but feels it is within his rights to bash it every chance he gets. And that's okay. It IS within his rights to speak his mind (at least here in the US you have that right). The problem is there are plenty of posters here who are American and love their country ~ the good and the bad ~ and take great exception to having to read his caustic diatribe. If we were to turn the tables and discuss his country with such negative vitriol, I think it might make him angry, too.
The bottom line: Treat people the way you want them to treat you. It's really very simple.