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01-31-2015, 10:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-31-2015, 12:58 PM by doubleCheese.)
To all that have responded (and especially Dutz), I just want to thank you for making this a civil discussion. I enjoy discussing sensitive topics (e.g religion & politics) with other people and I believe it can be very beneficial to have those discussions with people that don’t agree with you 100%. In this case I think we actually agree more than we disagree. Related to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, my two sticking points are:
1.) The reason(s) why Iraq was invaded. (although I admit that I am biased and my opinion is speculation)
2.) Is the World safer as a result? (I can see both sides of this argument but the current chaos make me believe that we are not)
I’m not making this post today to belabor those points. I really just wanted to follow up to thank you for having an open discussion with me. I’m new to this forum and you don’t know me. I’ve been on some other forums where the first response to a difference of opinion was often mean spirited. That behavior hasn’t happened here and I respect the RDA Forum and members for that.
The opinions I’ve read here so far have sparked my interest. Last night I decided to explore this topic with my friends and family on Facebook. I know, it was a bad idea but I was curious. Their politics range from the far Left to the far Right and everything in-between. Most of them make me look like a moderate so I had the feeling it would spark disagreements. I’ve known lot of them for years if not most of my life so I thought they would at least be respectful to the other people I know. I didn’t even begin with the hard stuff. I just posted a simple question and asked for a Yes or No response to start with. I figured I’d expand the discussion later if things got rolling. Within an hour the responses broke down into something ugly. I had to unfriend one guy that started name calling and just unwarranted attacks on my other friends and family with different opinions. It really disappointed me but it was a good opportunity to clean house.
Again, I just want to thank you for doing something my own so-called “friends” couldn’t do. Provide a venue for people to give opinions and receive opinions without resorting to personal attacks.
1.) The reason(s) why Iraq was invaded. (although I admit that I am biased and my opinion is speculation)
2.) Is the World safer as a result? (I can see both sides of this argument but the current chaos make me believe that we are not)
I’m not making this post today to belabor those points. I really just wanted to follow up to thank you for having an open discussion with me. I’m new to this forum and you don’t know me. I’ve been on some other forums where the first response to a difference of opinion was often mean spirited. That behavior hasn’t happened here and I respect the RDA Forum and members for that.
The opinions I’ve read here so far have sparked my interest. Last night I decided to explore this topic with my friends and family on Facebook. I know, it was a bad idea but I was curious. Their politics range from the far Left to the far Right and everything in-between. Most of them make me look like a moderate so I had the feeling it would spark disagreements. I’ve known lot of them for years if not most of my life so I thought they would at least be respectful to the other people I know. I didn’t even begin with the hard stuff. I just posted a simple question and asked for a Yes or No response to start with. I figured I’d expand the discussion later if things got rolling. Within an hour the responses broke down into something ugly. I had to unfriend one guy that started name calling and just unwarranted attacks on my other friends and family with different opinions. It really disappointed me but it was a good opportunity to clean house.
Again, I just want to thank you for doing something my own so-called “friends” couldn’t do. Provide a venue for people to give opinions and receive opinions without resorting to personal attacks.
1.) The reason(s) why Iraq was invaded. (although I admit that I am biased and my opinion is speculation)
2.) Is the World safer as a result? (I can see both sides of this argument but the current chaos make me believe that we are not)
I’m not making this post today to belabor those points. I really just wanted to follow up to thank you for having an open discussion with me. I’m new to this forum and you don’t know me. I’ve been on some other forums where the first response to a difference of opinion was often mean spirited. That behavior hasn’t happened here and I respect the RDA Forum and members for that.
The opinions I’ve read here so far have sparked my interest. Last night I decided to explore this topic with my friends and family on Facebook. I know, it was a bad idea but I was curious. Their politics range from the far Left to the far Right and everything in-between. Most of them make me look like a moderate so I had the feeling it would spark disagreements. I’ve known lot of them for years if not most of my life so I thought they would at least be respectful to the other people I know. I didn’t even begin with the hard stuff. I just posted a simple question and asked for a Yes or No response to start with. I figured I’d expand the discussion later if things got rolling. Within an hour the responses broke down into something ugly. I had to unfriend one guy that started name calling and just unwarranted attacks on my other friends and family with different opinions. It really disappointed me but it was a good opportunity to clean house.
Again, I just want to thank you for doing something my own so-called “friends” couldn’t do. Provide a venue for people to give opinions and receive opinions without resorting to personal attacks.