Blueskies wrote:Carla777 wrote:Blueskies wrote:Yes, people do things from their ignorance. Like in judging people by their outward appearance...like judging by skin color too....or in judging them by their regional and cultural differences..in things they do which is "foreign" to their own ways. Too many remain ignorant instead of learning tolerance, understanding and acceptance of difference's. They rush to judgement and don't keep an open mind and try to learn more of someone before they condemn them.
Yep, people act badly and say stupid things a lot from their own ignorance....and from their own low self esteem...to me when someone has the need to be cruel, call people names...it shows that they have something lacking in them...some insecurities they try to cover up. They use other people and put them down to try to build themselves up...and then believe they are somehow better then the person they are looking down on. It reflects badly on them...not the person they are putting down.
I still remember when you prejudged me and posted some "comment" about me
anyway this not to bring the past topic alive, but it's just when I read your post I thought that it was funny coming from you; practice what you preach is a good way to start when you talk about tolerance.
About the topic in the forum, all i can say is that this lady have a beautiful voice and his looks seem to fit his personality, i think she is lovely, funny and talented!
Good grief....something else I mentioned...carrying grudges and what it says of someone. First off..things didn't jibe about you and you jumped into something so I said what I said. Rip later apologized to me for things he said in pm...then I told him to translate my apologies to you. He sent another message and said he did...he said you accepted it. I said it would have been nice if you had apologized for the insulting comments you said towards me...he said I should email you and talk to you about it. Well, IMO, an apology should not have to be solicited and if the person wants to do the right thing then their conscience should be their guide and lead them to do it on their own.....like Rip did...Like I did...but did you?? No, you did not.
You said much more towards me then I did you .. you have been very presumptuous and judgemental of me...you were very insulting....even made a comment or two about me on the board after the fact...something I have not done...and you never apologized. Not only did I apologize in pm, I also apologized on the board. See, when I am wrong I will say so and did....you did not.....and I also let it go and never made a comment to you or about you again.
Even without an apology from you I didn't hold a grudge towards you and let it go...but you obviously do towards me..so maybe you should reflect a little on that and read what I said about holding grudges and what it shows. Also don't accept an apology if you want to stay pissed off at someone...to accept one and then continue bringing up the grudge you're still holding and to do so without any further provocation as an excuse to... that doesn't speak well of you either.
Not to make this an issue, but I do want to clarify. I didn't apologize at all for anything I
said in the thread, because I stand behind it. I wanted to reach out to a fellow fan and make sure we stayed cool with each other (which I still want). This is exactly what I said:
"I hope there are no hard feelings about that recent thread. To me, MR is just theater and I don't take any of or mean any of it personally.
Hope you are doing well, and talk to ya later.
Rip"
I did pass along your apology to Carla, but also suggested PM'ing her to work it out directly. Not trying to give you a hard time at all, but directly is just always the best way to smooth things out with someone, like you and I did. And we are still smooth.
I'm not directing this at you, because it's a concept that applies to tons of people. My personal sense of justice and fair play always places more responsibility on the person who
instigates a dispute, even though two wrongs
never make a right. People can't slap someone in the face and then cry foul when they get smacked back ya know? What she said in retaliation came from hurt or at least offense, and who caused the offense? I'm sure she appreciated the apology, but a PM would have been a good idea because it would have helped bring more closure to it for her.
Anyway, I'm cool with everyone, so back to business. What are we talking about again? Dokken?
you copied and pasted a youtube link.. your brilliant ..
now THAT i could dig
