GD/Sac- they were not my words. as I pointed out- and I would think people here are smart enough to know that, and I was not aware that the common way to react was to try to stoop lower than you found the OP to be.

This is not a discussion- it turned into a stomping fest.

Your words or not, that's what you posted and that's what people were responding to. No need to take it personally, the reponse was to the wording of the email.

I didn't stoop anywhere. My post was simply sarcastic wiseguy smart-assery. And, good news!, I knew the e-mail was not your words so I'm at least that smart. I'm sorry you took things personally, as that was not my intention at all.


And, yeah, it probably feels like a stomping fest to you but that's not personal either. It's because the e-mail is 93% garbage.

but the email writer is not here. It's like being in a car with a driver who screams at other drivers. The other drivers can't hear you, but the passenger in your car is required to listen to the profanity. That is how I feel. Instead of opening a dialogue about the possibility of great thing we don't hear about it became one more excuse to hate fest on Bush and the whole Iraq thing. It's disheartening. I guess I should have deleted that line if I had know people would fixate on it so much.

I'm not sure why you're suprised you get the responses you do. You know the leanings and views of the community.

I think most people here also agree that the good things that are happening are indeed good, but dispite that the ends still don't justify the means.

They are replying to the post, not attacking you. If you wrote the email they would be replying to the email just the same. I see no posts attacking YOU directly. It's not our fault if you take it personally, especially since you didn't write it.

That might have been a good route to take. You have to admit that the line in question is pretty inflammatory as it basically accuses anyone who doesn't support the president of supporting terrorism. That statement is a little hard to just ignore and it certainly casts doubts as to the motive of the person that wrote it.

I think that the posters here fully understand that you didn't write it though and that you may not agree with all of the sentiments expressed in it. People are attacking the message, rather than the messenger, and I think that is the way it should be.

I'm not taking this personally. I think I would know. I do however feel that people could have made it a productive conversation rather than calling it spam and in general just using it as one more launching pad to slam on Bush. (kindly stop telling me I am taking it personally- I did not once think anyone was attacking ME- I just found the reactions to be disheartening and some flat out obnoxious- just MO, note, for the most part I stayed out of it, I just watched it unfold)

I don't take it personally when the driver screams at the other driver and only I hear them, doesn't make it less annoying.

The problem is, posting things like this legitamizes them. These things get passed around the internet, people take them at their word. So those of us who hate that trend (no matter which side of the issue the idiotic spam is on) react badly to it. We don't like seeing it propagated.

I apologize for telling you to stop taking it personally. It was the impression I got from your replies and you cleared that up.

As for it being a launching pad to slam on Bush again, well yea. Did you expect us to go OOOOOOOO so embassies are open, schools are open, I change my mind on the entire war and even though the American public was lied too I now think we were right in what we did?

No matter how many positive things about Iraq are posted I will never change my mind about this war. And I won't stop posting about it either. Nor do I expect you to change your mind about this war and I hope you don't stop posting about it either.

In general, to insuinate that anyone who is against this war or dislikes Bush is Anti-American is looking at the line and talking a giant step over it turning aruond and spitting on it.