"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > >   Btw, why is it that every time I express my opinion that we should
> > > respect other people and not make fun of them nor insult them, I get
> > > strong opposition? This is something that always keeps puzzling me.
> > >
> > My guess is that it is the way you express that opinion.
>
>   And my guess that part of the problem is that people want to read
> more than there is. In this case they wanted to see me defending young
> earth creationism only because I opposed page which sole purpose seemed
> to be to mock some museum dedicated to that, even though I made quite
> clear that I opposed only the mockery, the making fun of other people,
> nothing else.
>
>   In other cases, however, I just can't understand it. For example if
> I say that we should not make fun of the head of state of another country,
> people opposed me like mad. No rational explanation for that came up in
> the lengthy flamewar. I still can't understand this.
>

Are you the authority on rational explanations? As a participant of the
argument, I don't think you are suited to be that judge.

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