Re: Sunken Cuban City reply

"Thomas McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
>     I get a little heated, no doubt.  However, do you recall any of the
> discussion from the believers in the 'sunken Cuban city' when the topic
was
> hot?  If not, perhaps you'd have the civility to review it and see whether
I
> was showing less civility than they.
>
>     You are probably right in that I would not generally say what I wrote
> here to someone's face.  When I can see and talk directly to someone, I
tend
> to be more willing to dig to see how come they hold ideas such as this.
> Mostly, it's ignorance and I treat them gently.  However, when they are
not
> only ignorant but also unwilling to consider another pov, and when they
also
> cast aspersions on those with whom they disagree (especially when those
> other persons actually know whereof they speak), then I've been known to
say
> the unvarnished truth to their faces.
>
> Tom McDonald
>
>

Thanks for considering my point of view! I hear what you are saying, and I
think we all can improve the way we speak--on the net and off. I think
perhaps previous generations had a bit more restraint, perhaps because they
believe the injunction that they would be judged by every idle word spoken.