[thechat] Syed Zeeshan Haider

Syed Zeeshan Haider szh at hotpop.com
Tue Jun 25 05:11:05 CDT 2002


Hi Joe,
Why didn't you ignore this thread?
I was NOT begging for any opinion. It is your vain imagination. I was talking in
the same way just as others do.

I know, nobody could ignore my post "Brutality, Cruelty and Lies". Everyone was
affected in one way or another.

Just chatting is of no use. Positive debates can give good results. Just
positive minds and tolerant hearts are needed.

Syed Zeeshan Haider.
http://syedzeeshanhaider.faithweb.com/

----- Original Message -----
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:39:09 -0700
From: Joe Crawford <jcrawford at avencom.com>
To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thechat] Syed Zeeshan Haider
Reply-To: thechat at lists.evolt.org

William Anderson wrote:
 > I just felt the
> whole "hey look, bad evil things are happening" - hey, i get that on the
> news, I come to thechat to chill.  Sorry if anyone else is here for
> *serious* discussion :(

I like serious talk -- but not when it comes with a damned agenda. When
someone posts a news item and practically BEGS for feedback so they can
spark an argument, that's just tedious.

That's not chatting, that's a debate club.

And frankly, we don't need anyone suggesting items to debate. We get
enough debate stemming from simple chat! :-)

NOW REALLY: the basic point is that thechat has very little in the way
of rules, other than "don't be a jerk" -- and despite what I and others
have to say, I'd find it difficult to see how I can call for censoring
anyone. But that doesn't mean I have to give a damn when I'm being
begged to respond to something inflammatory. I'd prefer to just ignore.

For those of us who do have things they want to be advocates for, it's a
tricky thing to be able to proselytize effectively. At what point do you
go from simply being an advocate, to being the salesman who won't leave
your doorstep? (That's assuming that analogy makes sense) :-\

Of course, I'm probably being inconsistent with other things I've said,
in which case I'm a hypocritical jerk.

My 2 drachmas.

- Joe http://artlung.com/








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