Kelly wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message ? Surely
if someone comes onto your

newsgroup to offer a different opinion it is for you and the other members
to debate this - not take offence



o.k. then, what if I come here and say ponds suck and only assholes have
ponds.
Would that be a prelude to a discussion or an inflammatory remark?
same difference


Slightly different...as the disucssion on ponds is very different to a
religious debate....a lot of people hold very strong beliefs as to
whether there is a god or not, what form that god takes and what good
practices (for want of a better phrase should be followed)...hence your
newsgroups - and good on you - healthy debate is a good thing and by the
very nature of the subject it will become heated...but it does belong on
your groups not on the pond group. Ponds are only debated in terms of
the best practices and how to keep them, not generally, the
personalities or religious/political beliefs of those that choose to
have them...the whole question of God or a variety of ways of
worshipping him/her if he/she does exist is a topic that has been
debated for centuries and people hold strong opinions on the subject -
not the same thing at all...and these discussions quite rightly belong
on the groups where these subjects are discussed - and that is fine by
me...but obviously not with you...I take it you are the one post and
twenty agreeing post school then....

In the greater scale of things ponds don't even come close to this type
of debate...additionally people who wish to discuss ponds may/may not
chose to discuss religion. If they do wish to do so - they do it on the
appropriate group....there is no comparison between someone challenging
someone's religious or political beliefs and making a petty insult...if
you see someone who disagrees with you as being inflammatory then you no
longer have a mind receptive to debate or tolerance...

Gill