
Originally Posted by
Tock
1) You're wrong on this one . . . I do it all the time. And I find that as long as we can keep the focus on trying to understand each other, then both sides end up learning what the other is all about. Add a bit of civility to the conversation, and you can end up as friends . . .
. . . But for sure, if both sides are convinced that discussing the issues are useless, then it just may well be.
2) Well, I'm glad that folks are more tolerant of honest differences of opinion on this board and less given to evicting heretics. Some of us find differing views to be rather interesting, and nothing to be afraid of.
I rather suspect that if you were God, there would be a whole lot less variation of things in nature . . .
--Tock