If I dont have anything nice to say, I wont sayanythingatall
I would be happy to continue political discussions in e-mail, face to face, or by some other means, but these postings lack tone, humor and any real learning from myself or others.
Im also shocked that no one else chimes in besides the usual suspects here. Neither side of our argument is making any progress in convincing the other. and Im tired of slinging back contradicting URLs back and forth like we are proving a point to one another. To me it feels like watching a tennis match of equal witted oponents.
If the smilies irritate, I apologize, I feel like its the same as an automated "Oh snap" kind of thing where I can just say that I disagree.
The only thing I will have to say in the future in Politik would be those Smilies, so if everyone is pissed off by that and feels it is of no use or value, I will just have to restrain myself from reading and posting because I do disagree and baiting me to respond wont work.
My intentions here are an act of respect for my friends in that no suit in Washington anytime anywhere with any political agenda will influence who I choose as friends which are much more important than political platforms or partisanship. I don't want to be afraid to speak my mind with my friends, but neither am I looking to star an inflammatory war which could cost me the respect or friendship of people that I value and respect highly.