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I agree with you 110%.

Try getting that point across on a forum with several liberals...I’ve been trying to get them (on a musician forum) to exhibit some plain old common respect and courtesy for each other for 2 years, all I ever see is insults and name calling.

Are we no better than idiotic liberals who would rather shut down the debate altogether than admit their side might just have a problem? Do we have no more respect for other like minded or mostly like minded people than that?

I have to think that also infers that we have no respect for people in general either.

I missed Jim’s post, I’ll have to go try and look it up if it hasn’t disappeared down the list yet...haven’t been here in a couple of days.

I always try to remember the one comment oin the Bible considered the golden rule by most of the world’s major religions. (and I’m not religious at all, I just believe it to be an excellent guideline.)

Treat other people the way you would want them to treat you.

That pretty much covers it all. If you try to live your life that way you’ll never insult anoth3er person, you can even forget about the 10 commandments.

Don’t believe me? Think about it. In everything you do, ask yourself, would I want him to do that to me? If the answer is no, then you shouldn’t do it to him. (or her) Apply that to any of the 10 commandments, you’ll see what I mean.

Thou shalt not steal.

Nope, I wouldn’t want him to break into my house and steal my TV, so why should I do that to him?

Same for them all. Follow the golden rule and you have it all covered. Follow the golden rule and we’d never see an insult or personal attack on here or other forums.

But you can’t get that across to people, I’ve been trying for at least 2 years on another forum.

Why?

Look at what’s going on in DC and on the TV News every night. Arguments, blame passing, question dodging...gone is the civility we could see when Walter Cronkite or Johnny Carson interviewed people. Gone are the days when Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich butte heads but still got people to come to the table and hammer out a balanced budget. (That’s probably the only positive thing you’ll ever see me say about either Clinton.)

I think I can safely say I practice what I preach, and I’ve never indulged in any personal attacks on any person here on FR and only general attacks on the individuals on the other forum I mentioned earlier as a group, telling them point blank it is completely stupid to avoid at all cost any intelligent debate. (and that goes for both liberals and conservatives) But no personal attacks at all against any specific individual.

I fully intend to continue conducting myself that same way.

Thanks for posting this, I hope some of these people pay attention. I get really tired of seeing it too.