Very telling...
Can you guess which movie this is?
Big Dumb Monkey Man Keeps Whacking Tree With Genitals – (Hong Kong)
Can you guess which movie this is?
Big Dumb Monkey Man Keeps Whacking Tree With Genitals – (Hong Kong)
A DOCUMENTARY OF OBAMAS TIME IN OFFICE?
... mixed in with a heavy dose of personal attacks, of course.That's one thing I did not like about BR's Misc Non-Bowling forum. Everything had to be turned into a religious or political topic.
They did seem to go together, didn't they?... mixed in with a heavy dose of personal attacks, of course.
... but why can't people rationally discuss such subjects without feeling a need to personally attack and/or insult other posters?They did seem to go together, didn't they?
Very few political or religious discussions that did not get to personal attacks.
I don't know. I'm not that smart.... but why can't people rationally discuss such subjects without feeling a need to personally attack and/or insult other posters?
Dear MI2AZ:I don't know. I'm not that smart.
Maybe because political parties and religious groups are all about following the party line and discourage dissent even though on the surface they say they encourage it but deep down they feel it undermines what they stand for? Because if the other is correct, then they are wrong and everything that they have believed in for years is in jeopardy of being wrong and nobody or no group likes being wrong? Maybe because it is easier to attack a person who disagrees than it is to debate the issue? Maybe all of those points are just human nature? You're the writer, the observer of human nature, I would think you would be closer to the answer than most of us. And no, I don't mean that as a personal attack.
... but how often are someone else's viewpoints (in a forum such as this) likely to ACTUALLY change another poster's point of view?Where most people go wrong when entering a discussion is they believe they can change other person's mind.
... but how often are someone else's viewpoints (in a forum such as this) likely to ACTUALLY change another poster's point of view?
I've long thought something like that myself. Each party is out for what is best for itself and each politician seems to be out for their own or their party's best interest rather than each of them looking out for what is best for OUR country.I think it's because our current political system instigates and thrives on division.
Polite political discussion can be had, but the political parties and the media don't want that. They're all about amassing as much power and control as they can get, and to do that they do their best to stifle discussion and keep the people divided. It's always about making the other guy out to be evil, self centered and not caring about the country. The reality is that both parties are all that, and much worse...I've long thought something like that myself. Each party is out for what is best for itself and each politician seems to be out for their own or their party's best interest rather than each of them looking out for what is best for OUR country.
And now, this is another thread that has turned into a political discussion.
Although it is rather polite.