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Re: Fetal's Suspension
Re:Fetal just when I think "Oh no there's another of THOSE posts from Fetal"...surprise he comes up with something that makes me say "I'm glad I read that, or how clever." That said I am very uncomfortable ridiculing ANYONE's religion (or lack of). We have some pretty intense threads here at times that when you stop and think about them are about pretty trivial things. It's not surprising then that when things that really matter (IMO) like religion and morality are brought up someone is going to be offended on one side or the other of the issue. Growing up we were always warned NOT to discuss religion and politics for just those reasons. I love to argue both but at the appropriate time and place. I consider myself a very liberal pro choice Catholic but at times was offended at some of Fetal's posts. The Hamilton/Browning baby thing didn't bother me but the comments about religion did. I think that the "What Would You Do for Michelle?" was almost harmless (sees headlines that say "Twelve Year Old Shoots Friend to Prove His Devotion to Michelle Kwan" followed by "boy says figure skating message board told him to") and did make a good point about how silly some of us fans can become. We are all responsible for what we put out there. While the anonymity of the Internet may make us feel that we can take more risks with what we say, in fact we probably need to be more careful since we never know who's listening, how they will interpret it,or what they may do with it.
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Re:Fetal just when I think "Oh no there's another of THOSE posts from Fetal"...surprise he comes up with something that makes me say "I'm glad I read that, or how clever." That said I am very uncomfortable ridiculing ANYONE's religion (or lack of). We have some pretty intense threads here at times that when you stop and think about them are about pretty trivial things. It's not surprising then that when things that really matter (IMO) like religion and morality are brought up someone is going to be offended on one side or the other of the issue. Growing up we were always warned NOT to discuss religion and politics for just those reasons. I love to argue both but at the appropriate time and place. I consider myself a very liberal pro choice Catholic but at times was offended at some of Fetal's posts. The Hamilton/Browning baby thing didn't bother me but the comments about religion did. I think that the "What Would You Do for Michelle?" was almost harmless (sees headlines that say "Twelve Year Old Shoots Friend to Prove His Devotion to Michelle Kwan" followed by "boy says figure skating message board told him to") and did make a good point about how silly some of us fans can become. We are all responsible for what we put out there. While the anonymity of the Internet may make us feel that we can take more risks with what we say, in fact we probably need to be more careful since we never know who's listening, how they will interpret it,or what they may do with it.
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