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The content of several threads can be offensive to someone, somewhere in GC land. It's all about perspective. Some of the most fiery discussions have to do with issues that touch our lives everyday-
1. Prejudice
2. Abortion
3. Homosexuality
4. Sexual Freedom
These are some of the more recent ones. I recall very few people that agree with each other across the board on ALL these issues.
The threads are healthy outlets for emotions and viable ways of gaining insight into opposing views, until TOLERANCE and TASTE disintegrate. That's when it turns ugly, and the mud slinging begins. This is where DELT ALUM'S statement of MATURITY comes in. There seems to be a need to have the LAST WORD when actually, we all need to find a graceful way of ending the discussion or allowing it to carry on without our input.
I too agree some subjects carry greater import with the moderators than others, and sometimes EVERYone who makes a "stinky" post is assumed to be a "V". (Heck I wouldn't recognize a "V" if one bit me in the arse.) It's the CONTENT of their post that sounds the alarm.
I do know that one of the greatest insults you can throw at a person is to imply that their thoughts, their feelings are RIDICULOUS. Once the first stone is thrown all out battles occur and GC gets down right nasty. Sides ARE chosen and the flow dries up. Can we monitor ourselves? Can we EVER be convinced that WE WERE WRONG? Doubtful.
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