The Sunflower Dilemma - Could you forgive?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


None of that explains why you insist on continuing in ***-for-tat exchanges when asked already to stop.

And no one thinks your opinions are any more or less legitimate than any one else's, so stop being so defensive about them.

Geez -- I saw an insult directed at me for the first time tonight, and I responded and stood up for myself.

It's done with now.

[Boris Godunov]

UR--you'd think the topic would inspire more reverence...at least a little!

Originally posted by MrFun
Geez -- I saw an insult directed at me for the first time tonight, and I responded and stood up for myself.

It's done with now.

Oh, get off it. It wasn't directed at you, it was directed at everyone, and it wasn't an "insult," as much is it just pointless rambling.

And considering your first comment to Sloww, I couldn't blame him had it been an insult, now could I?

Yes, it's done. Though the damage may not be undone...

[Imran Siddiqui]

What in the ****ing Hell happened to this thread?!

Jeez... Boris, no sense in trying to restore it. I recommend you tell Ming to nuke this one and start over. What a mess...

[SlowwHand]

Boris solicits opinions, and flames whomever offers one.
Arrogance is his calling card.

The real point of this?
The instructor knew full-well the controversy of viewpoints it stirs.
Who do you identify with most?
Are you a military veteran, who knows the dying soldier actually had little to do with the evil?
Are you Jewish?
Are you of some other..group, that has experienced prejudice?
Do you have respect for opinions offered?

[Boris Godunov]

Sloww, I asked you to leave and the bickering to stop. But you can't let go, I see. You can look at the first page. Nobody flamed you for your opinion. It was your sanctimonious "I'm more compassionate than y'all" attitude that started this, since you seem so keen on lording your perceived compassion over others. It doesn't show much respect for others opinions when you openly state you're better than them.

So get off it, get out and leave this to those of us who actually like to give serious thought to the responses of others.

[SlowwHand]

Screw off, Boris.
But I'll happily leave your arrogant thread.

[Ming]

I see some bannings in some people's future if this crap continues...

Now stay on topic. And don't continue the petty arguments. And if I see any of the same people arguing in other threads, they will get restricted without warning.

[Sava]

Sorry Mingy, obiwan and I got a little off-topic.

[SlowwHand]

"So get off it, get out and leave this to those of us who actually like to give serious thought to the responses of others."

And my post wasn't serious?
It was dead-on.
Ask the guy, your teacher.
To refresh your memory.



"The instructor knew full-well the controversy of viewpoints it stirs.
Who do you identify with most?
Are you a military veteran, who knows the dying soldier actually had little to do with the evil?
Are you Jewish?
Are you of some other..group, that has experienced prejudice?
Do you have respect for opinions offered?"




Just do me a favor, and ask the guy.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ming
I see some bannings in some people's future if this crap continues...

Now stay on topic. And don't continue the petty arguments. And if I see any of the same people arguing in other threads, they will get restricted without warning.

Thank you.

(Now I'll wait for the follow through...)

[Ozz]

Good thread about Compassion, Understanding & Forgiveness.

The last posts are as relevant as the first ones

[Ming]

Originally posted by Ozz
Good thread about Compassion, Understanding & Forgiveness.
The last posts are as relevant as the first ones

I found it quite ironic as well...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ming


I found it quite ironic as well...

So what's your thought on the situation that Wiesenthal faced?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Calc II
I wont stereo-type Jews in general but one Jew I knew long time ago used to hate Nazis with such a passion, he himself became sort of Nazi hating the Jew kinda relationship. In that case, I would say he is no better than a "hateful murderous bigot".

You have a serious flaw in your character if you can equate what the Nazis did to mere hatred of them.

Then you have a qualified personality to become something as evil as the nazis.

Those are fighting words. If we were in person and you had said that to me, I'd probably have been arrested for assault and battery.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
A number of old IJA soldiers who had taken part in the atrocity was later overcame by an enormous grief. They completely renounced the actions of the IJA and their own. They are going around Japan to give accounts of their stories, facing accusations and even lawsuits from the rightwingers.

This is the difference between saying you repent and actual repentence. True repentence means you risk something. The solider risked nothing. He was already dying. He was trying to gain something by his confession, peace of mind. That's not repentence. If he was truely repentnent, he wouldn't have asked for forgiveness.