In Reply to: gosh, Susie posted by Acheick on April 04, 2006 at 13:00:26:
Acheick, perhaps you missed my post on March 29 to Oldtimer. For some reason you can't be as magnanimous with me as you are with susie, who in her post here says essentially the same thing I said on March 29. There are two implicit digs at me in your post, and no, I don't have a persecution complex, I just think you are holding me to a different standard than for yourself and in this case susie. In that earlier post I stated:
"As I've said in another post, I like debating ideas, and for the most part I write posts here rather dispassionately, even though I might overstate the matter at times. What I mean is, even in my debates with Acheick, for example, I mean no malice or offense, and I'm not sitting at my computer with my blood pressure rising, cursing those I disagree with. Often it's just that I may not always be clear about what I'm trying to say, which can lead to misunderstandings."
"I think over the last few days these various discussions about Islam have been fairly civil, no one has gotten too preachy, offensive, condescending, or superior in thinking theirs is the only way to view the subject. There is a style of posting that effectively cuts off all further debate, but that has not occurred lately."