To Plato - I hung around, because you did

Submitted by Michel (United States), Feb 7, 2007 at 20:16

Hi Michel, As you would have realised by now, this blog is a war of words. I am having a tough (and a great) time looking out for the hostile stuff coming from two different directions. That is why I have delayed appreciating the friendly fire going overhead. All those words you find distasteful, consider them to be stink bombs and put on your mental gas mask and don't let them bother you. They are just meant to add some odour, admittedly unpleasant, to the proceedings. They are harmless when you come to think about, it is the other stuff that is dangerous.

I consider it sad, that the debate is indeed understood as War of Words and not a debate with winners on both sides. God is my witness, I tried, spent hours and hours off "dogtime" here and especially after my last post with at least some form of an outline for a catalogue of action (and another stretched out hand), kind of looked forward to more unemotional constructive responses.

Dream on , Mr. Zala - not a chance in hell!

I just came back from the beach, looked at just the subject lines in response to my posts..... and the air went literally out of me. I am speechless. Babble, empty fluff, sarcasm and all that just in the headlines. I give up. There is no possibility for dialogue - resistance is futile, and only utter capitulation will be accepted. If this is not fanaticism of the purest definition, then what is?

I appreciate you still being on this blog. It would get kind of lonely if you were not here. Noah and Susan are tough as nails and I try to take time and care to answer them and I am short of time, its not that I am ignoring your posts. I read all of them. I don't know how they do it, or even you, my fingers tips are already calloused and I literally drop off on my keyboard at night. I think they must be on auto mode to whip up stuff like that.

I am sorry to say, Plato, while I truly enjoyed your brilliant intellect and moreso your humor, unless some more normal people enter the fray, I can no longer bring it over myself to put work into a debate, where the other side isn't willing to give an inch or otherwise resort to going way below the beltl line. That would truly be masochistic, in addition, my dogs are angry at me already for having neglected them.

Hence - I think I leave these posts unread and unanswered....they had the last word.... they won.

And.... quite interestingly - they finally managed to anger a Muslim severely who strangely enough got censored by this webmaster in his response. I wonder what he was saying - could not have possibly been more hostile than, what we already encounter here?

While I surely appreciate Daniel Pipe's articles as far as I read them until now, and furthermore share many of his ideas, I nevertheless find it strange (for the lack of a better word) that the first person I actually saw censored here, happened to be a Muslim..........

Thanks for that article by Zakaria, it was encouraging stuff, and thanks for your kind words. I will stay in touch through this blog as I live in a not very friendly environment. When I move to a less hostile area I will be glad to stay in touch privately.

Surely triggers my curiosity. You've got my one e-mail account. Feel free to check in at any time convenient. I also got a Skype ID (MCZala) for live video conferences/chats.

As far as the article is concerned, you are very welcome. I too consider such material as promising at least.. Looking forward to hearing from you again.... I remain with kind regards

Mi

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