Liliara, I've just read that entire American politics thread and obviously things got a little heated.
I will repost what I posted there below.
Guys, I've always thought that the wonder of Ironworks was that we could debate controversial issues rationally and prevent ourselves from getting emotional about it. Rahnid, re: your first post on this thread:
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Please excuse the arggressive nature of what I'm about to say! Liliara I've got your back babe!( by the way...nice pic!!!)I have to admit its been a long time since I've seen quite a collection of morons and retards in one string! I have the right and ability to place a string of letters after my name(not to mention 12 years of PROUD military service) that would make most of your english professors wonder if that many consonants exist. I'm sick of the little faggity a*s opinions of the current state of American foreign policy in the world without a remotely researched view point. The chinese spy plane incident was the fault of the chinese! "A SMALL PROP AIRPLANE IS INCAPABLE OF PROPOSING A THREAT OR EVEN KEEPING UP WITH ANY TURBINE JET DRIVEN AIRCRAFT!" use your brain !!!!! Put your ignorant statements where they belong,.....perhaps in the local high school newspaper! If any Americans are tired of the way things are progressing here, perhaps you should seek out other places to reside and stop disgracing the men and women who have allowed you the right to voice your protests and who have died for a**holes just like you! I am sick of hearing the uneducated views of people who have never felt what it's like to carry a friend who has been killed in the line of duty serving the country that spits on them when they have died to keep "their" right to act like fu*king jerks alive. So any one of you who think for one moment that there is somewhere out there better suited for what life has to offer, I say "pack your SH*T AND GET THE FUC* OUT OF HERE" join up with billy bob what's his face who thinks that socialism is the "WAY" and live happly ever after! Anyway, keep your rude and insulting opinions to yourself!!!!!
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This was out of line, mate, since everyone is entitled to an opinion on this board as long as they state it in a mature and professional way and not personally attack someone in the process. There's no need for the aggression, ok?
Nobody was attacking you personally. I'd hate to have to lock the thread because it degenerated into flaming and personal attacks on others. (Welcome to the board, by the way - you picked a hell of a thread to enter
).
Liliara - I appreciate that you feel passionately about this subject, but try to remember that these are just words on a screen and opinions from a multitude of other people. It is diversity of opinion and the freedom to express that which helps us all to learn. Like Voltaire said:
"We may not agree with what the other person says, but let's respect their right to state their opinion."
I myself am an American living in Australia and I didn't see this thread as America-bashing at all - just a vigorous debate. The people on the other side of the fence feel just as passionately about their opinions as you do and in their way care about America just as much. Don't take things personally!
Nobody's right or wrong here - it's just opinions from a group of people.
Finally, just some final words of advice - if you feel your blood pressure rising and feel like punching the monitor
just stand up and take a walk to calm yourself down. It's just a forum thread, guys! Let's not forget that.
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[This message has been edited by Memnoch (edited 09-07-2001).]