Some craven decided to stir up controversy by soliciting his friends to come troll around on my livejournal. I have disabled comments from non-friends until further notice
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Ah, I see now which post it was that prompted a flood of comments. I somewhat regret, now, not having spoken my mind about it before; but it is likely for the best that I held my tongue, as it pushed a number of my own buttons and I was not at the time certain that I could comment and remain civil. As I value the standards of discourse which you seek to uphold, I am bound to observe them. One does not accept a man's hospitality only to disregard it utterly
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From a rhetorical standpoint, your post also struck me as deliberately crafted to inflame...
This part I will agree with wholeheartedly, although I see that in the next post you also do so. Please remember that just because you're talking to your close friends does not mean you are not at a public party, where anyone CAN walk up, and then invite others to "come over here and listen to this moron!" to boot. You're now being watched all the more (congratulations, you're a celebrity!) and as an example for Christ, you should make your arguments in Christ's love, whatever they might be. Maybe those hovering over you waiting for something else to mock will be reached, maybe they won't, but give them no ammunition they didn't have to make up themselves.
"That said, I object to many of the things you had to say in that post, and should you at some point re-broach the topic, I intend to voice those objections, buttressed by reason
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Your compliments are both kind and appreciated, though, to my mind, unearned; I am just as irrational as anyone else, especially when provoked, but in the last few years I have devoted much time to the practice of biting my tongue when I know that I am angry. Perhaps that is a form of reason, though I put it in the same category as using a potholder when taking a pan off the stove. Still, thank you.
Do let me know if you and Mrs. Wright are ever in Belgium; as you do not drink, the first bar of chocolate is on me, if you are of a mind to break chocolate with a self-professed pervert. :)
I read the following quote on this post months ago and it stuck in my head. I've thought of it nearly every week by seeing new examples of the principle in action. It may be the truest thing you've ever written:
"I assure you that the real division in the world is not between Right and Left, not between Homophobes and Pervertarians, but between men of reason and good will, we men of the mind, and our mutual foes, the men of unreason, the men of mere emotion."
I know this is a really old post (in Internet terms) but I wanted to share with you my admiration for the words of wisdom.
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This part I will agree with wholeheartedly, although I see that in the next post you also do so. Please remember that just because you're talking to your close friends does not mean you are not at a public party, where anyone CAN walk up, and then invite others to "come over here and listen to this moron!" to boot. You're now being watched all the more (congratulations, you're a celebrity!) and as an example for Christ, you should make your arguments in Christ's love, whatever they might be. Maybe those hovering over you waiting for something else to mock will be reached, maybe they won't, but give them no ammunition they didn't have to make up themselves.
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Do let me know if you and Mrs. Wright are ever in Belgium; as you do not drink, the first bar of chocolate is on me, if you are of a mind to break chocolate with a self-professed pervert. :)
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"I assure you that the real division in the world is not between Right and Left, not between Homophobes and Pervertarians, but between men of reason and good will, we men of the mind, and our mutual foes, the men of unreason, the men of mere emotion."
I know this is a really old post (in Internet terms) but I wanted to share with you my admiration for the words of wisdom.
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