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Pastimes : and there was no one left to speak for me -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (264)	10/15/1998 2:28:00 PM
From: INFO_DART	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 276

Yes, We must speak out for the freedom of speech. I have, though, learned with whom we can engage in discussion and with whom we can't; and the "new age" rules which cover all verbal discourse. This is a very interesting point. I think it is similar to the one made a more than a couple thousand years ago. Just as one is commanded to say that which will be heeded, so is one commanded NOT to say that which will NOT be heeded Ref: Babylonian Talmud. However, how can one no for sure if no attempt is made? I have (only with age) learned there are some subjects which can not be broached and some which can entered into with greatest of care. I have also learned that there are certain "hot button" words which may almost never be used! Often today the mere presence of these words(due mainly to the efforts of the thought police and P.C. movement) will be misused out of context against the author. In addition the most basic tenets of the discussion will become distorted, blurred, masked, or tossed out in entirety due to the simple use of these terms. Therefore, the words to be used by any author must be chosen with the upmost of care, or that person will risk censure and or out-of-hand dismissal of his(her) basic premise, without a fair and just hearing. If I am I because I am I, then I am I and you are you. But, If I am I because you are you, and you are you because I am I, Then I am not I and you are not you. Whether or not we agree the the new book of rules, we must admit the existence of the book. What are the first three rules that come to mind? Here, as in the old west, we could do well to remember the old quote "Smile when you say that stranger"! I think there is great wisdom in that. :-)