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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (75684)	9/26/2003 4:55:18 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

What is it that so offends you about mojo? Look, Jewel, one more time, here's the deal. NOTHING ABOUT MOJO OFFENDS ME. I recognized a very long time ago, back when I was in college, that I have my share of oddities. Some of them I "corrected" and of others I grew fond. Along with that understanding came an awakening to the fact that, if I expected others to tolerate or accept my oddities, then I needed to show them the same respect. There's nothing complicated about this. I simply learned to overlook in people things that don't really matter. Now, your boy Mojo has his share of oddities, too. And that's just fine with me. What about that don't you get? It's possible, at least for some people, to find other people different without finding them wrong or at fault, merely different, or even interesting. Not everyone sees the world in terms of rules and exceptions. Or absolutes. Mojo can go about being his quirky self and that's just fine with me. Acknowledging those quirks isn't an insult, merely an observation. If I was offended by anything, and that's not the right word, perhaps annoyed or frustrated, was in your insistence, as his spokesman, that there was something noble in him, like Don Quixote, rather then just plain odd. And your refusal to consider that others might be harmed or at least could arguably perceive themselves harmed. And further that you got so angry at me for not sharing your reverence of him and his conscience. And your refusal, once you got angry, to discuss the substance, which I found interesting and still find interesting. Whatever reaction you sense in me is that, not that Mojo offends me. If you could just accept that Mojo is a little odd and find a sense of humor about him and his oddities, we'd be cool.