Sarah wrote:
Vince, thank you for your kind and encouraging words.And now given that clarification, we have found that words have been stumbling blocks in our communication.
If I may hark back and clarify, and this may open up another level of debate, I don't know:
I think the paragraph of mine you particularly objected to was (words to the effect) that I don't see why human beings can't be dismissed out of hand. Because, I was arguing, we are not so special.
You objected to this because you said it embodies an attitude that is a pre-cursor to Holocaust.
You are right. It does. Although, I hasten to add, that was not the way I meant it.
A strength of the JMDL is that when we have kept talking long enough we usually find much common ground and understandings with which we can communicate and see that sometimes we are just next to each other on the multifaced and multifaceted prism of life.
And better if I go back to lurking before I cause any offense more than I have.
But rejoice in that once again in the JMDL, we have found those areas of congruence that did not at first appear, and we thus have achieved an understanding that in many other places and cyber lists would be impossible. The JMDL is a most special place.
Vince
