Ashraf, you said:
>> the invitation I made to
chat, was a sincere attempt to get to know each other better, to
have closer points of view, to learn of matters that I had not
thought about, to see things from your angle, and vise versa.. <<
There are angry people on this board who sometimes take a little
while to cool off and listen; such is the world. There are some
morons who come on this board to just vandalize it; such is the
world. You seem to feel you know so much about people and have
your views on things and claim to want to get to know some
people and have an intellectual conversation, yet you also said:
>> Each one of you thinks that he knows it all. << [as well as
judging each individual here in a like manner]
You have just proven yourself a liar, sir. You contradict
yourself. You would rather see everyone on this board as one
person, as a single representation of America, just as UK Voices
wanted to do. Well, I have news for you, my ignorant friend.
America is built upon differences... ALL Races, ALL Beliefs, ONE
Country -- something I believe is a more advanced civilization
than most from the past. I stand side by side with my Muslim
friends, Jewish friends, Black friends, Latino friends, Asian
friends, united by soil and respect for one another -- something
you have yet to learn about.
You claim to want to get to know us better. Well, sir, open
your eyes and read the freakin board. Weed out the vandalism
and the jokes, and you'll see intelligent, factual posts made by
a plethora of individuals with a variety of beliefs that don't
even always jibe with each other. The one thing that we all
seem to agree on is the FACT that America was attacked by
terrorists, and that led to a proactive choice to get rid of
terrorists in the world who would attack innocents.
If you think that binLadin isn't responsible for these attacks,
then you are pitifully misled. I tell you, though, even if he
weren't responsible for the WTC attacks, he is certainly
responsible for many other terrorist attacks - the killing of
innocents and supporting terrorism, for which he should be
punished. However, there is enough evidence to convict the guy
for the WTC several times over, but you won't look at that. If
someone blamed you for killing 5,000 innocent people, wouldn't
you stand up and say, "Hey, no, I didn't do that!"? I sure
would! If one of your friends was accused of that, wouldn't you
talk him into standing up for himself and speaking the truth
about what happened to exonerate himself from blame? That's not
the evidence I speak of, but it's common sense. The evidence
speaks for itself. Why don't you spend your time and energy
looking at facts?
I'll tell you why I have no desire to have a 'chat' with you.
It would be the same thing if I got into a discussion with
someone about abortion, or the death penalty, or extreme
politics or extreme religious beliefs, or whether or not it's
okay to beat up your wife... nothing would be accomplished by it
except tempers flaring. You will always be blind to outside
perspectives other than your own. You will always believe what
you want to believe and refuse to take the blinders off. You
will be like the ass who will not budge when trying to be led to
unknown areas. You have shown me through your posts that you
are not open to ideas other than your own, and that your goal is
simply to talk AT others and not WITH others, to make only your
opinions known and not take the time to consider others'
opinions.
You want to find common ground for the rest of us while you
climb up on your mountain and speak. That is not communication,
Ashraf. You came in here stirring people up, not being
respectful, not with the attitude of wanting to communicate, but
with the attitude of wanting to preach your views and spew forth
lies (as in your definition of war on terrorism). Read this
board again some time, and you'll find some great discussions.
I wouldn't be here otherwise, because I have a life and more
important things to do with it than talk to ignorant people.
Peace ... is relative.