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    Chloe I am sorry for the way that I nade you feel not my intention, I think I will refrain from discussing such issues in the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zelmo1234 View Post
    Chloe I am sorry for the way that I nade you feel not my intention, I think I will refrain from discussing such issues in the future.
    That's not what I want. I just don't want to be labeled or talked down to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chloe View Post
    That's not what I want. I just don't want to be labeled or talked down to.
    snap

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    OMG we have something in common. I thought I read every Heinlein book, but for some reason never came across "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". Heinlein was one of my favorite writers.
    I've only read a couple of his books, but that one is by far the best book I've ever read. I've actually read it a few times. The only other book I liked as much was "Alas Babylon" by Pat Frank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chloe View Post
    That's not what I want. I just don't want to be labeled or talked down to.
    I think you're being a little sensitive. It's just my impression, but it didn't seem like Zelmo was trying to belittle you. He was trying to make you think outside your comfort zone. When we use labels it's because we try and organize things into compartments. I know you don't want to be compartmentalized, or labeled as it were, but you can't control how other people think of you and still be yourself. I suggest you stop worrying about how others percieive you.

    If you beleive in your opinons you don't have to apologise for it, but you need to accept the possibility you're wrong sometimes, and that other people's rights trump your emotional reaction to their excersize thereof.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete7469 View Post
    I've only read a couple of his books, but that one is by far the best book I've ever read. I've actually read it a few times. The only other book I liked as much was "Alas Babylon" by Pat Frank.
    Alas Babylon sounds like a good read. Checked out the plot on Wikipedia.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete7469 View Post
    I think you're being a little sensitive. It's just my impression, but it didn't seem like Zelmo was trying to belittle you. He was trying to make you think outside your comfort zone. When we use labels it's because we try and organize things into compartments. I know you don't want to be compartmentalized, or labeled as it were, but you can't control how other people think of you and still be yourself. I suggest you stop worrying about how others percieive you.

    If you beleive in your opinons you don't have to apologise for it, but you need to accept the possibility you're wrong sometimes, and that other people's rights trump your emotional reaction to their excersize thereof.
    point taken

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    I'm sorry if I got this topic off topic. I would like to continue talking about it though if anybody else does?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chloe View Post
    I'm sorry if I got this topic off topic. I would like to continue talking about it though if anybody else does?
    It happens naturally, and that's OK.

    How about we all watch this video, a short 17 minutes. It's Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish economist, who puts global warming up against all the many enormous problems man faces. I think it gives a good perspective on how to prioritize fixing things.



    N.b., Lomborg is a bit negative toward climate change there, he has since shifted toward accepting it as a problem.

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    Well I often link to Energy Victory by Dr. Zubrin. He provides a chapter on man made global warming and also shows how it is a long term concern, not a short term concern as compared to other pollution issues. Technology will moot it.

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