Well, this discussion was worthwhile for a moment, but has since turned a battle of dimwits. I suppose it's my fault, I'm on the marijuana growing forum trying to talk about politics and philosophy....why do I do this to myself? Haha.
@FilthyFizzle..... If you want to run around speaking nonsense and promoting your bigotry and using slurs how do you ever expect that you'll make an argument that anyone can take seriously? If you have your beliefs because you've derived them through life experience, many hours of internal and external debate, or even your beloved Bible, how can you expect to articulate that to people and have them receive the knowledge that you are sharing? You make it too easy to dismiss and disregard you and the therefore any information or insight you may have to share on a subject.
People will always arrive at their own conclusions. Sharing information and having a debate isn't about winning and losing. There are more people reading this thread than just the people posting. You'll likely never convince the person on the other side of the debate, that's human nature. You do have the opportunity to listen to their points, refute them or offer your considerations/objections, and to make your own points and receive their rebuttals/objections. It's not an argument on a school playground, it's an opportunity to voice your opinion, support it with facts and try to keep the discussion going. Name calling and childhood playground tactics seriously discredit any of your arguments and disqualify your interjections. Everyone understands the amount of effort you've put into your response and it reflects upon how much time you've put into the topic. Devaluing your own opinion in an discussion is about the worst thing that you can do for your beliefs and your message. My suggestion is that in future discussions you may want to reread your posts and ensure that the post actually achieves the goal that you have set forth prior to typing, rather than being a session of you sharing your off the cuff thoughts that run through your mind while you happen to be in front of a keyboard.
There shouldn't be any need for personal attacks. That's an immediate opportunity for the reader to disregard everything else that you've posted or any of the points or opinions that you've tried to make. Don't give them that, don't make it that easy. Make them understand where you are coming from, the perspective that you have on the situation and attempt to elighten about the other side of the coin. None of these issues are as simple as right and wrong, one way or the other. There are alot of considerations, the systems are give and take. It's not as simple as you either follow my belief or your a "fag". To imply that it is lets us off the hook and continuing to listen to the person that believes it's that simple.