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hi all At 22:39 1999/09/17 -0400, leo wrote: >Janet, >I have stated that killing is wrong... that is your opinion and you are entitled to it >I do not hear Chris saying killing is right. I would hope you >are not saying that killing is correct or a matter of choice... what constitutes killing? humans animals plants fish the organism we call earth are all forms of life i am not saying that i think that killing is right but so what if i did? you can have your opinion and i can have mine, right? i have cats as pets i wear leather shoes i can't stand eating seafood with legs and antennae if i were a muslim, i might drive a suicide truck into an embassy if i had ever decided i wanted to have an abortion, i would have done so if i were a 'christian' priest in the dark ages, i might have burnt 'heretics' alive we are all 'products' of our culture and our times we are all part of life >I do respect your opinions and your right to opinions. >I do not have to agree with them especially if they >are against my moral convictions. I agree with you the >ability and freedom to express opinions is important... good! it is nice to be in agreement sometimes [!] >There are limits and they are also necessary... ooops! more rocks in the path 'necessary' is a value judgment what you see as 'necessary' and what i do will probably be quite different and viva la difference 'limit' is a value judgment... ditto ditto etc so far i see no problems here we have differing opinions more power to us! a problem would occur, however, if one of us attempted to squelch the other's expression which isn't possible in this medium anyway which is part of its miraculousness respect for each other requires weighty but vital portions of tolerance and forgiveness recognition of each other's [and our own] humanity and fallibility in my humble opinion of course [imhooc] janet ps one starts to wonder just what is the dang point of all of this 'sharing' of opinions if no one gets to 'win' the debate? just a little learning maybe and a little more tolerance maybe and a little more understanding maybe and a little less fighting maybe and a little less killing maybe janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>