You omitted “mackerel snappers”. I wonder after seeing some of the posts following the RM’s proposed new rules, if there is a justifiable reason to exclude anything.
“I wonder after seeing some of the posts following the RM’s proposed new rules, if there is a justifiable reason to exclude anything.”
My point exactly. Why ban, “You're bearing false witness,” when one can engage as follows:
Poster 1: “I try to keep my eyes on Jesus and not stare instead at Satan and his works.”
Poster 2: “Evidently trying harder is greatly in order.”
Although using a grammatical structure that formally avoids it, Poster 2 is effectively commenting on the status of Poster 1's spiritual state, making and posting a personal judgment thereof.
It's a far more personal comment than, "You're bearing false witness."
But it seems to be quite well tolerated.
LOL.
That's why I think the “open” threads should be renamed the “food fight” threads. Or perhaps the “demonic sludge” threads. Or perhaps the “filth of non-Catholics” threads.
“Open,” in any meaningful sense of the word, they are not.
Because they are closed to fundamental decency or any sense of absolute morality, they are also closed to real, genuine, worthwhile dialogue.
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