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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
Thats a good point  And all the more reason to keep this type issue in a seperate forum.
I have found that, since I stopped getting (so) angry, I'm able to present my point of view much better. The people reading it may not think so  , but I, personally, feel that now I say what I intended and explain my thinking more clearly.
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You have 'improved' a lot, lol!
I agree - it shouldn't just be a war forum. A Serious Discussions forum, maybe?
I think some of the most thoughtful posters have left because they hated the anger - and of course we don't have Diogenes, who has a talent for raising though-provoking issues. (I hope Ziroc cools down and lets him back in soon).
People have become nervous of expressing their opinions, too, in case someone takes offence.
It can be difficult, sometimes, to realise you have said something in an insulting way - (I have been accused of being insulting myself, on a number of occasions, without having had a clue that I was being insulting) - so people are nervous of posting in here in case they are chucked off the board for something they didn't know they'd done....
I think it is a pity. There is nothing at all wrong with a strong and vigorous debate, so long as we are good-mannered about it. *sigh* Oh, well...
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