If someone would be so kind as to add forward these words to Manopeace for me, I'd be most grateful. Thanks in advance.
Apparently somewhere along the way I earned a spot on your black list. Lord knows what earned that spot for me, but I will say in response to your thread on Political Bashing that I don't think you are wrong that people have gone too far in the political bashing and personal bashing back and forth.
I wish that people would direct their energy into really solving the problems -- lobbying congressmen and congresswomen if necessary to help get the types of programs they want enacted, or have changes made to programs that already exist. Certainly there is much more to be gained by going that route as opposed to continuing to post on the same tired subjects here at JoeUser.com While many of us may wish that JoeUser got more attention and helped to solve problems because of it's importance on the political map, I think we're mostly smart enough to recognize that the average congressperson has no idea that any of the threads here even exist. Most of their staff are probably just as clueless about JoeUser.
Civility is a good thing, and I applaud your request and hopes that people will be more generous in their use of it. Even when people have disagreements, they can and should be civil in their discussion, as they can (as I've said before) learn much by continuing to discuss issues, rather than blatering on and ignoring what the other side has said. Communication is a two-way street, it takes listeners and talkers. Some people are better than others at one side or the other, but the best communicators are people that do both without ignoring the importance of the other.
Best of luck to you in all you do, and please don't ignore threads that I and others may start. Your comments, like almost everyone elses (there are a few select idiots that I wish would take their tired acts elsewhere, but even they have a right to speak up if they don't abuse the priviledge) are always welcome to help broaden everyone's horizons.
