Post by mustangsally on Jun 21, 2005 11:48:16 GMT -5
I find myself coming in here today defending a pro . Never thought it would be postition I would feel I needed to be in but I am defending a human being who has a opposite opinion . He is still a person after all. Even though we have different opinions I feel everyone has the right to express their opinions or how else would we learn about one another. How can we be compasionate toward someone on DR but not show that same compassion and understanding to someone who has a different viewpoint then us?
I tend to read more then I post on here but after reading some of the responses to Injector 's thread about " Why I Became a Pro" I have to say something.
He expressed his reasons for changing from an anti to a pro { in a basically respectful way I might add} and I noticed some folks { not all folks} used that as an opportunity to attack him. Do those who did this ,realize that what you did to him ,is the very thing that you accuse the pros of doing to you?
Yes Injector said they was creeps,deranged, and depraved but keep in mind folks that came from a pro point of view and a generalization not about a certain person. That is pretty mild compared to some of the stuff I have read .
You claim the pros come in here to hurt you but we are all big boys and girls in here ,if something hurts you or if you feel too vulerable to handle reading something that may be hurtful then don't read it . That is why Tracy made the debate section. It seems like every post I read is someone whining about hurt feelings about something a pro has said on the board .They even whine about things they said on the Pro board. Hello....it's a pro board and if you don't like what is said there then don't go there and especially don't paste stuff they have said over on to this board. I know they do the same but why lower ourselves to the same standards..
What upset me the most is someone who claims to be an anti telling a pro they need to be " juiced" but yet in the same post talk about how much they care for all people . Ok a little of the pot coloring the kettle black there.
Something else to think about , we have people who come in here that may be undecided about the death penalty , like Deb ,who made the thread " Stuck In The Middle" and when they read comments like that from someone who claims to be an anti it doesn't look good for our cause. The internet is a public place and people read what is written and form opinions from what is read.
I have to wonder how many folks are a part of the anti cause to actually help the folks behind the sentence or are just a bunch of glory hogs wanting attention? There is more to the death penalty then being pro and anti .
I have a real live loved one sitting on death row , I am in the trenches ,as others in here is too . I visit that hell hole almost every week , seeing the person I love with everything I have in me ,shackled and chained with his cuffs so tight sometimes that it cuts off the circulation in his wrist . It hurts to go there week after week and see him like that and I deal with it the best I can. By no means am I asking for sympathy but just expressing my side of it. If I pi$$ed and moaned about every little comment someone made that hurt me , I would be in the nearest mental facility . I have been doing this for a lot of years now as I am sure others have . I have learned to let alot roll off my back
We are suppose to ,as anti's , respect all human life , including those who don't agree with us . I don't mean to sound harsh ,because that wasn't my reason for writing this . I care deeply about the cause and everyone here. I hate to see an opportunity and the goal of this board ,which is to educate folks , being tossed aside because of petty arguements and hurt feelings. YES THE WORLD IS WATCHNG .....I JUST WONDER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING !!!
Peace
Sally
I tend to read more then I post on here but after reading some of the responses to Injector 's thread about " Why I Became a Pro" I have to say something.
He expressed his reasons for changing from an anti to a pro { in a basically respectful way I might add} and I noticed some folks { not all folks} used that as an opportunity to attack him. Do those who did this ,realize that what you did to him ,is the very thing that you accuse the pros of doing to you?
Yes Injector said they was creeps,deranged, and depraved but keep in mind folks that came from a pro point of view and a generalization not about a certain person. That is pretty mild compared to some of the stuff I have read .
You claim the pros come in here to hurt you but we are all big boys and girls in here ,if something hurts you or if you feel too vulerable to handle reading something that may be hurtful then don't read it . That is why Tracy made the debate section. It seems like every post I read is someone whining about hurt feelings about something a pro has said on the board .They even whine about things they said on the Pro board. Hello....it's a pro board and if you don't like what is said there then don't go there and especially don't paste stuff they have said over on to this board. I know they do the same but why lower ourselves to the same standards..
What upset me the most is someone who claims to be an anti telling a pro they need to be " juiced" but yet in the same post talk about how much they care for all people . Ok a little of the pot coloring the kettle black there.
Something else to think about , we have people who come in here that may be undecided about the death penalty , like Deb ,who made the thread " Stuck In The Middle" and when they read comments like that from someone who claims to be an anti it doesn't look good for our cause. The internet is a public place and people read what is written and form opinions from what is read.
I have to wonder how many folks are a part of the anti cause to actually help the folks behind the sentence or are just a bunch of glory hogs wanting attention? There is more to the death penalty then being pro and anti .
I have a real live loved one sitting on death row , I am in the trenches ,as others in here is too . I visit that hell hole almost every week , seeing the person I love with everything I have in me ,shackled and chained with his cuffs so tight sometimes that it cuts off the circulation in his wrist . It hurts to go there week after week and see him like that and I deal with it the best I can. By no means am I asking for sympathy but just expressing my side of it. If I pi$$ed and moaned about every little comment someone made that hurt me , I would be in the nearest mental facility . I have been doing this for a lot of years now as I am sure others have . I have learned to let alot roll off my back
We are suppose to ,as anti's , respect all human life , including those who don't agree with us . I don't mean to sound harsh ,because that wasn't my reason for writing this . I care deeply about the cause and everyone here. I hate to see an opportunity and the goal of this board ,which is to educate folks , being tossed aside because of petty arguements and hurt feelings. YES THE WORLD IS WATCHNG .....I JUST WONDER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING !!!
Peace
Sally
