That was the point, it wasn't "anti-american" or even American bashing, it was anti tools like that. The fact of the matter is people like that call them selves "god fearing americans" they claim to represent the "moral majority" when in fact they represent a narrow band of the populous who by no means reflect the actual feelings of the general public.
Also it's not an issue of "playing to the preteen crowd" it's an issue of subtleness. Swearing has the subtlety of a jack hammer. If you actually read the posts that you just said you didn't read you'd realise that I in fact express that concern towards those fringe groups and almost universaly make the point to reflect that they are in fact not the majority. In fact I more common then not ensure I post "American government" to resolve this exact issue.
And I dare to say what I say for the very reason that you said what you said, I felt you were saying something that I thought was inapropriate. You issue a strong inditment of some one expect a strong response. As for removing me from your friends list that's your privilage. No skin off my nose.
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Date: 2003-06-19 12:49 pm (UTC)Also it's not an issue of "playing to the preteen crowd" it's an issue of subtleness. Swearing has the subtlety of a jack hammer. If you actually read the posts that you just said you didn't read you'd realise that I in fact express that concern towards those fringe groups and almost universaly make the point to reflect that they are in fact not the majority. In fact I more common then not ensure I post "American government" to resolve this exact issue.
And I dare to say what I say for the very reason that you said what you said, I felt you were saying something that I thought was inapropriate. You issue a strong inditment of some one expect a strong response. As for removing me from your friends list that's your privilage. No skin off my nose.