In a message dated 3/26/01 5:40:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, kat@foobox.net writes:
<< Running around saying Christianity is sick is another matter completely.
Well, personally, I fail to see how it is ANY different than running around saying that homosexuality is morally wrong. One is MY opinion and the other is YOUR opinion. I could just as easily quote your own words back at you. Would you have me lie? Pretend to be something I'm not? Pretend to feel something different than I feel? No? Yes? Or is it really okay with you (obviously it *isn't*) for me to air my personal feelings about your religion on a huge mailing list? No? Then maybe I don't want *you* to air your personal feelings about my lifestyle, by the same token. Get it?
Annie
----- Original Message ----- From: Ashton7@aol.com
In a message dated 3/26/01 5:40:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kat@foobox.net
writes:
<< Running around saying Christianity is sick is another matter
completely.
Well, personally, I fail to see how it is ANY different than running
around
saying that homosexuality is morally wrong. One is MY opinion and the
other
is YOUR opinion.
Annie, perhaps you don't realise it, but you are coming across in a very objectionable way here. In terms of the politics of sexual orientation, I probably have more in common with you than with Kathryn-- but I feel more sympathetic to Kathryn, simply because she is being polite. She has said that she feels homosexuality is morally wrong-- but she is not condemning others for feeling otherwise, and has shown herself willing to listen and agree to disagree. There *is* a difference between what Kathryn said and what you said, and it's in terms of the way you both said it.
Julia and Shane have been having a thoughtful discussion just now on how an interesting and thought-provoking message can be obscured by a confrontational and strident posting style. You might want to go back and have a look at it.
Fiona
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