Buck68
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osugrad21;1221213; said:...I was thinking more along the lines of being the part where we all respect his passion for his own team and the various bias that rides along with that passion.
Osugrad21, you?ve tackled a basic and difficult topic for us all. Agree that a common resolution mechanism is vital to the good order and openness and interaction in any group forum.
However, what you are asking suggests that there is no meritorious social contract for respect. Rather, as you put it ?we all just do it??regardless of the merits, the values, or the biases.
IOW, you are suggesting that, if someone is emotional [passion sounds so much cooler and the beautiful people use this term], this requires us to respect not only them, but ANY value they are representing AND any bias they display.
Well, prejudice is a bias, racism is a bias, and so forth. IOW, it is evident that neither this forum nor any place else just says respect and permits any kind of behavior as long as it is passionate enough. Furthermore, this country is chock full of special people telling other un-special people what words, gestures and a host of other nitpicking incorrect behaviors they can or cannot do. This, juxtaposed with the spectacle of what special people can do anywhere, anytime, anyhow that if you say something, you are the dreaded inappropriate, and justly deserve the slings and outrages of wonderful cool people everywhere.
So, respect anything sure sounds nice and fair as a solution. And it sure ia offered often. And it sure is?fluff. And it sure isn?t ?followed. And it sure is a gigantic spectacle of foolishness out there. Good thing the Buckeye football team is on a mission from God, focuses daily on their tasks at hand, and hones their teamwork and execution to a razor edge. Kinda NOT at all like ?the bilious BS that serves as social interaction in this country. If you want to blow off some steam, just imagine if the Buckeye football team followed our suggestion to respect anything and any bias and any passion. Picture the wonderful play vs SC where every Buckeye did their thing, and expressed himself passionately....
