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One sided? You are praising Eiri's smarts for chastizing someone about their brother's death.

I am on no "side". I say what I think.
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Actually, I didn't even see that reply from nightangel until now. But now that I have, I don't see the condescencion that you do. She is being honest. She is older than Eiri and is saying what she thinks.
I would disagree that parents are always right, certainly, but I think she was sympathetic to Eiri and giving advice sincerely.

Remember, nightangel's primary language is not English. Sometimes you have to take that into consideration when reading her posts.

I forgot to mention earlier futureshock that I was glad to read that you could not be empathetic to nightangel because you couldn't figure out how she and her family could think it's a choice. Once you learn how her family could think it's a choice (lack of education/religious belief/etc) then you can at least understand where she's coming from, even if you don't agree with it. I completely disagree with her point of view on homosexuals and abortion, but I understand where she is coming from and we can get along.

The problem is that nighangel called me a "poor soul" when it's quite the opposite.

I didn't post any of this for sympathy.

I think someone has missed the point of my posts here, and it wasn't futureshock. Obviously, people are going to interpret them any way they want.

I started talking about empathy but people immediately forgot what empathy is. Empathy isn't just about whoever agrees with you; it's about everyone.

Nightangel's brother died. Some members of this board want to blame her and her family, and even have come right out and said that.

*shakes head*

Ashamed, you ought to be.

How do you make the text different colors? And bold or italic? I'm clueless here...

lol! I did think of that, but I didn't want to say it.

When you hit "quote" you will see the person's post exactly as they wrote it. You can see what they put in front of and after words to make them italic, green, etc.

Unfortunately I can't just show you, since the actual writing won't show up, it will just be green or in italics.

Sincerely, I'm asking, why did you not want to say it? I don't understand...

When you quote someone, on the bottom left there are "Options" and then a link to "BBCode". Click on it and it will show you everything.

30's

College education in engineering.

cool milletics 30's here as well

I will never get why anyone is a homophobe. Why it even matters to anyone not directly involved in the relationshp. My daughter is a homosexual; am I supposed to love her less? not support her? throw her girlfriend out? I really don't care which sex she is with; I care that she is happy, that she knows love, has loved, is loved.
Why does the sex of whom she is with matter?

I know most people who hate the cops are the ones we deal with most often; is it possible the ones how blindly hate homosexuals the most might be still in the closet?

Thanks!

Thanks again!!!

Am I cool now??

You're Awesome

Now.. how do I stop getting all these freaking email notifications everytime a thread gets a reply?? It's driving me nuts!

If you quote a post, there's a little box underneath the text box that says "Notify me when a reply is posted"

Just uncheck it.

Uh, you don't think it would have been extremely rude to say to someone, "Oh, um, I see. The reason you think homosexuality is a choice is because you have been brainwashed by your religion while simultaneously being ignorant"?

Besides, that wouldn't get us anywhere. I'd rather keep showing nightnangel the evidence that clearly shows homosexuality is an inborn trait, and have her try to reconcile that with her preconceived notion.

As long as she isn't one of those nitwit ninnys who drive by my daughter and her girlfriend on the street shouting stupid crap about how they'll show her what a good time a real man is I really don't care how homophobic she is.
She doesn't understand homsexuality; I don't understand homosexual bias. So we are even.

It wouldn't of been rude (IMO) if you were sincerely asking her why she felt that way.

I can't get offended if someone doesn't understand me and asks where I am coming from.

Now, if you were telling her why she felt a certain way without having an honest discourse, then that would be a point of irritation (IMHO).

I agree that showing evidence of your beliefs is the best way to go, as well as trying to understand someone's 'side' of the issue.