The difficulties of cross cultural communication.

[cbayer]

67. Oh, don't say fail. It's so judgmental and takes the position that you are

absolutely right and I am absolutely wrong, when we simply disagree.

Imagine saying that in a real live discussion. Fail. It's a sure conversation stopped.

So what if he made the claim that god accomplished the impossible. I don't think that's true, but I don't have any facts to counter him with.

Your thread is a personal attack from the get go. You called his beliefs stupid. It gets worse from there, as there are many, as you have noted, who will get uglier than that.

You are again saying how I feel. I am far from infuriated. That word has no resemblance to what I feel about this conversation. None. I would suggest that your critical thinking has let you down again, as you have reached an incorrect conclusion.

This is not about whether the target of your derision and disdain will ever see what you wrote. I hope that he does not, though I suspect the internet is full of hateful things pointed towards him. It's about kindness, empathy, compassion, tolerance.

I don't wish to shut you down, though I would like to see your better parts take the lead more often. If you went away, I would miss out on the conversations we have which tend to be civil and adult….

unlike much of what is contained in that thread. I couldn't help but stoop down to that level, though. It was just too easy.

Do you think I misread your motives? If so, please clarify.