Because taking out a tape measure to determine what distance is acceptable is asking an unanswerable question. How does one arrive at that? It's being obnoxious. My response was 4 blocks just to point out that a mosque was already there and it had nothing to do with intolerance to Muslims as a whole.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just observing. You can actually come across as a reasonable person > once in a while. The problem is that when someone calls you on > something, instead of answering in a reasonable manner, you get into > the personal attacks. I think your exchange with Scott is a good > example. You stated that 4 blocks is a minimum distance for the > mosque. Scott asked why 4 blocks and not three. Instead of replying > with a reasoned response you began with the personal attacks on him. > The end result is that a lot more hysteria was generated on your part. > If you had explained why 4 blocks was reasonable all that sturm and > drang would not have been needed. No other insults would have been > generated either way. And most importantly you would have come off > sounding (and acting) like a reasonable person, instead of a wild eyed > fanatic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
