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Originally posted by Bingo+Oct 21 2004, 07:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bingo @ Oct 21 2004, 07:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RougeUnderoos@Oct 21 2004, 12:56 PM
Unfortunately, I think it's the first one. If it is the second one, then the book must have been upside down when he read it, because he is not acting in a Christian manner at all.
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Maybe I should just let this stuff be, but why do those on the left on this site insist in talking in absolutes?
Not acting in a Christian manner?
So I guess I can deduce that I too would not be thinking in a christian manner if I felt going to Iraq was a good idea?
First I'm stupid, then insane, and now I'm no longer even a Christian.
YOU ... you think the Iraq war was a bad idea. I respect you for your opinion and don't really feel the need to convince you otherwise. But someone that does think it was a good idea, isn't wrong. Nor are they stupid or insane.
Can't you guys see that? [/b][/quote]
Because those on the right speak in absolutes as well. Its the way things have evolved in politics. And if you think we're bad, you just wait until FoxNews is available up there in Canada. You will see some absolutes. Of course they will be absolutes that you agree with, and likely won't find offensive at all, but they will be absolutes that you can live with.
Bingo, I'm not sure why you let it bother you? I put up with being labelled a wacko, a conspiracy theorist, etc. and you don't say a word about it. Again, its okay because its a label YOU are comfortable with, because it comes from the "right" and those who share YOUR views. The generalizations that go on there are okay. But the minute a generalization strikes close home to you the gloves come off. Frankly, if you are offended by it it likely does mean it has struck close to home and there is some truth to it. If someone's comment makes YOU feel stupid, insane or non-Christian, then maybe you are in some way? I could careless whether someone thinks me a conspiracy theorist because I tend to be on the side of the correct (note, not the right) more often than not. I'm confident in my ability to distinguish right from wrong and choose accordingly. Some people think I'm crazy or a conspiracy theorist or what ever they wish to think, but I stick by what I think is right and ride it out and don't worry about the labels. I can't be labelled because I know I am unique and can't be labelled. Plus, what's that adage about sticks and stones?
On to right and wrong, well that's what the world has boiled down to politically, especially in the United States. It is a black and white culture with very few shades of grey. And when you are talking about decisions that put lives on the line and cost billions of dollars, there are right and wrong decisions. I'm sure your boss thinks there are right and wrong decisions when money is on the line. If you make a bad decision do you not feel repercussions? That's what this is all about. People want some accountability for the past four years and are trying to figue out who wears the goat horns. During this process there are people that are going to choose sides and are going to end up being right or wrong as the chips fall. That's the way the cookie crumbles.