Touche' Trisha.  Maybe my comments speak more to my family background
than your intent (probably so)
Although when I was on the debate team, the object was to convince the
judge of your point of view and
win.   By the way, I enjoyed the informational sections of your
discussion and kept them in a reference file.

Joan


On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 06:53:40 -0400 Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Hi,
>
>>Ken and Trisha --  For God's (or whoever's) Sake would you two stop
>>bickering.  Are you related to each other?
>>Only siblings would go at it like this.
>
>        Ken and I are just having a discussion - nobody is mad with
>each
>other - we took it to our private e-mail. We are doing just fine.
>
>>There is no right, or wrong, or good ,or bad. We are not the
>enforcers of
>>the laws of the heavens.  Each person
>>determines their own destiny.   Let it go.
>
>    I know this I said the same thing the other day - I am not sure
>why when
>people have discussions and they are on opposite sides of the fence -
>it is
>assumed they are arguing. You certainly can learn alot from someone
>holding
>a different viewpoint, and people can have intellectually stimulating
>conversation without being real odds with each other. I suspect as
>many
>argue to prove they are right - it give debates a bad name. We make
>assumptions based experiences but this doesn't mean they are valid in
>every
>circumstance. Frankly, a good discussion keeps people on their toes,
>makes
>them think abit ( a quality sadly lacking in our society) and broadens
>there
>horizons - even if its only additional items bolstering their opinion.
>So
>please relax, I may debate but I rarely argue - its a waste of time.
>
>                                        Brightest Blessings
>                                               Trisha
>

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