I am NOT leaving DU...

[moniss]

19. I have had what

I consider to be spirited discussions with you about topics but I enjoyed them and found them to be refreshing because they raised questions for me and spurred me to further research. This is what good discussion should always do. I always recognize that we may agree or disagree on certain things we discuss but I never have taken anything you have ever said to me on any issue as anything other than your spirited presentation of how you see things. I hope you see me as doing the same even if you disagree with what I say. In memory I don't recall ever ruling on a jury for one of your posts but I don't look at who posted but rather what the post itself is and what the forum is asking me to consider. I don't alert anybody.

I encourage you to continue to forcefully and fully make the case for your conclusions on all matters and not just the one tragically at hand. I agree that sadly some hostility can sometimes be cast by commenters and sometimes comments back and forth in a two way/group conversation can also sometimes be perceived as hostile when that is not the intent.

We are always stronger by talk. Strongest when all voices talk.