So much for open minded.....

Submitted by Michel (United States), Feb 16, 2007 at 19:27

Interesting how facts and references are once again being brushed aside with one-liners, whereas it seems to be so much more fun and worth while to depreceating people.

You guys seem to enjoy talking about either Plato or me in harsh and many words, but when challenged to a direct mano a mano, you certainly talk the talk....

Fair, balanced, open minded, tolerant, respectful are foreign concepts to you, utterly unable to have a constructive dialogue with anyone who does not share your views. I wonder why you participate on such Blogs - just to be confirmed? To let off steam?

Feeling that there must be a decent being underneath all this anger, Dhimmi, I have to say that you guys make it very hard for any rational civilized person to see the glass half full.

Happiness is based upon a positive attitude. The latter is based upon positive thinking.If you can not see that human beings are inherently good in a vast majority, bitterness and negativity (usually rationalized by people like you as "realism") will eventually control your life and prevent you from being successful in any form of the meaning. Look around you - positive people get all the marbles and the good looking women, and the bitter ones get the scraps. I was once like that and learned a hard lesson, but fortunately grew out of it early enough.

Knowing that this simple fact of life will likely never penetrate, but rather be dismissed again with another insult or one liner, I can at least tonight look into the mirror and say that I tried....

I wish you sincerely all the best.

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