Agree with this.

[PenguinTrax]

There is no 'valid' or 'invallid' argument. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. That is the only point.

You want to go ahead and start a thread to argue the point of pro vs con? Go ahead. As long as it doesn't get personal, the thread will stay put.

[tunatartare]

Barbara, you're missing the point here. With all of the recent thread deletions going on here, people are starting to feel like we can't disagree with anyone on anything or else our posts will be deleted. You may think that you are encouraging us to express our opinions, but by creating two separate threads that basically just serve as a roll-call, you are only sending out the message that opposing opinions are inappropriate or aren't tolerated.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Barbara, you're missing the point here. With all of the recent thread deletions going on here, people are starting to feel like we can't disagree with anyone on anything or else our posts will be deleted. You may think that you are encouraging us to express our opinions, but by creating two separate threads that basically just serve as a roll-call, you are only sending out the message that opposing opinions are inappropriate or aren't tolerated.

Agreed 100%

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

There is no 'valid' or 'invallid' argument. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. That is the only point.

You want to go ahead and start a thread to argue the point of pro vs con? Go ahead. As long as it doesn't get personal, the thread will stay put.

Tell that to your favorite poster. Seems like the personal attacks come whenever someone disagrees with her.

[tunatartare]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Tell that to your favorite poster. Seems like the personal attacks come whenever someone disagrees with her.

Please see my post in the recently deleted threads thread regarding that.

[PenguinTrax]

I don't play favorites, never have, never will. Same rules are applied across the board. Your opinion differs and I know and respect that difference.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by PenguinTrax

There is no 'valid' or 'invallid' argument. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. That is the only point.

You want to go ahead and start a thread to argue the point of pro vs con? Go ahead. As long as it doesn't get personal, the thread will stay put.

So the solution is to just make it personal so the whole trainwreck goes away............

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

So the solution is to just make it personal so the whole trainwreck goes away............

Make what personal?

[valkyrie]

I still want to understand the point of the pro/con threads. Is it just a roll call attempting to categorize opinions, which I think is futile because opinions on an issue like this are fluid and cannot easily be categorized? If there are more people posting in favor of con than pro, will this forum go away -- or if there are more pro than con posts, will this forum stay? What is the purpose?