Holier than thou!

[Guest guest]

I for one am getting really fed up with the holier than thou attitude of

more than a few people on this list. I am particularly bothered by those

who seem to think they are so righteous as to single handedly define the

moral standards of this group! I'm not bothered by anyone's sexual

orientation or religious preferences and don't believe ANYONE has the right

to judge others for their beliefs, especially the religious extremists.

Almost every religion I have ever studied teaches that it is not our place

to judge. What ever makes you happy is just fine with me, so long as you

are not hurting others, which many of you are! I am all for freedom of

choice, speech and religion. However, I am against letting YOUR beliefs be

an excuse to infringe upon the rights of others. So get off your high

horses, show some respect and embrace the differences that make this world

so wonderful!

I don't think there is ANY subject that could not be discussed openly on

this list if we would all just be respectful of one another's differences

and opinions. So rather than banning people or topics from this list, I

propose that a set of ethical social standards (rather than moral) be agreed

upon as a group and enforced. By banning certain behavior like swearing or

being judgmental and blatantly offensive we as a group can overcome and

learn to accept our differences.

Clearly Hillary could be more tactful in her approach but I personally find

truth in some of her opinions and I don't believe she should be banned from

the list, at least not if she would agree to practice some netiquette.

Furthermore I think we as a support group are doing a poor job of " being

there " for someone who clearly would benefit from another perspective and is

obviously crying out for it.

A couple of definitions FYI:

Morals n : motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

Ethics n : rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions;

as in... political or social ethics; medical ethics; or in this

case Netethics.

One point I'm trying to make above is that you and I can have separate moral

IDEAS and yet accept a common set of ethics and thus avoid offending one

another. I believe this approach would make a huge difference to the

overall quality and value of this list not to mention how it would change

the perception, of us as a group, formed by on lookers. I respect your

opinion so please don't be disrespectful to me for having one different than

yours!

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Nick Koonce