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Re: My Stance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:33:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
> If, however, you (or anyone else) are suggesting (and I doubt you are) that
> *I* ought not to judge people based on opinions they publicly espouse, then
> I'd have to disagree with that.
So would I. No one ever said you couldn't choose who to like and who not to
like.
> Now given all that, am I personally glad that Matthew is gone? You bet. Does
> at least a decent portion of that personal satisfaction have to do with the
> fact that he offended the heck out of me for his opinions? Sure does. Am I
> sorry or ashamed for feeling that way? Nope. And nobody else here would be
> either -
Actually, if I felt that way, yeah, I would be ashamed of myself.
> or do so many of you choose to associate with people you don't like
> or who have opinions that offend you?
Just because he may have been here on Lugnet doesn't mean you *must* associate
with him. Just because his opinions offended you, you shouldn't want to see
him gone. Lugnet is a big place, and there's plenty of room for all types of
opinions.
Which is not to say that, in the final analysis, I don't think he should have
been ToSsed. I just still don't think his opinions should have any bearing
whatsoever on the question, only his actions.
eric
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| (...) People seem to be suggesting, though, that one should not choose to voice that opinion. If person A can voice an opinion that persons B, C, and D find offensive (and to be honest - persons E, F, and G couldn't care less about) I'd say B, C, or (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Wow, what a loaded question, especially given what seems(ed) like a reverse- witch-hunt. I'd like to state first that I realized Friday that I got WAY too worked up about this and posted some things that were, in some cases, petty and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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