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You know what? I tend to agree with your statements. But every once in awhile the ugly jabs just get the best of me. I know one thing for sure -- I could NEVER run for a political office. I could never survive all the mud slinging. Bev c/t On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:38:57 -0600 Genene Hill <[log in to unmask]> writes: > The mark of an intelligent and centered person is that he/she > recognizes > that there can be opposing views, each with validity. It may be > that one > position is no more correct than the other--just a matter of > personal > preference often born out of personal experience or lack thereof. > > The mature person does not feel the need to persuade others to > his/her > position by hurling ugly statements--often emotional and not based > on > fact--at the opposing position or implying that someone is ignorant, > evil, > or sinful for not believing as he does. In reality, many of our > positions > are emotion based and no amount of persuasion, unpleasant name > calling or > educated reasoning will change minds or positions. > > Perhaps the best approach in political positions is to recognize > that there > are many points of view. We can best participate in the political > process > by being informed and active for good causes. We may be doing > ourselves a > disservice, showing our own weaknesses in public, by figuratively > throwing > rocks at those with a different view. Perhaps it is a childhood > play yard > tactic of getting ones own way that has not been replaced by > grown-up > problem solving techniques. It seems to me much better to work > cooperatively together to build consensus in solving problems.