I have to agree with Orn here to a degree. Taylor's comments of late have bordered on nasty, and although I appreciate Taylor's input and balance on many topics, I have cringed on several occasions lately when I read his responses or comments.
Although I stop just short of calling them personal attacks, the comments are mean spirited, and they do not engender sympathy for Taylor's point of view regardless of the validity of his arguments. I would hope that Taylor would feel comfortable in arguing points that he feels strongly about, but temper his argument in such a way as it is actually an argument or disagreement and not simply a disparaging comment as to the general incompetence of another person. Just my honest opinion. Liz -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ornamentalmind Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:46 PM To: Memphis Freethought Alliance Subject: Re: WASHINGTON MUST BAILOUT RETAIL SECTOR "...Compassion without wisdom. Sort of like the compassionate mother that refuses to potty train her child because it hurts his self esteem, and feeds him only cake because that's what he likes...." - T Your continuing poorly veiled personal attacks are tiring at best Taylor. I’m asking the group owners if they support such behavior in this group. Many groups would at least have issued a warning by now. Others would have banned you long ago. To shout a point of view, in this case the apparent lack of wisdom shown by another, let alone unassociated analogies continues to support what I see as a clear lack of at least two MFA tenets: We foster an environment suitable for free speech and exchange of ideas. We seek to improve society through secular humanism, science and critical thinking, and rational philosophical discourse. On Dec 14, 9:38 am, Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > OrnamentalMind wrote: > > <<my expression in this topic as, in general, revolving around some > sort of compassion for fellow human>> > > Compassion without wisdom. Sort of like the compassionate mother that > refuses to potty train her child because it hurts his self esteem, and > feeds him only cake because that's what he likes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
