I am not interested in name calling or stirring (more than normal anyway) but just when most of us regular Paddock posters had reached some kind of consensus (previously more impossible than alchemy) over the tragic circumstances surrounding the Middle East American deaths, when along comes Jeff Young, our resident Fundamentalist Muslim apologist, and immediately throws all else into confusion. I must confess that I rose to his bait and perhaps unwisely exchanged points of view, but that only resulted in anti British jibes too.
Whether or not anything I said made any sense during this exchange or not, I didn't want to lose sight of the fact that I enjoyed our brief moment of unity over this extremely difficult and sensitive issue. I feel that cross border consensus of this nature, by the people themselves without national self interest intervening, can move governments to policy changes that takes away the hubris.
I am quite saddened by Jeff Young's stance on this, choosing to denigrate his allies instead of seeking solutions. I do not know what in his past brings him to read every fourth word anyone posts and coming up with a false reading. I must say that even after almost 10 years on here, I have never actually formed much of an opinion about anyone from what I have read, only from what I have seen in the flesh, and of course as I have never met him or likely too, I have no real opinion of him as a person apart from what he reveals in his posts, which isn't much.
Anyway, call me a simple person that simply does not understand why he has to come on here and try and tie everyone in knots about Muslims and endow posters with labels they don't deserve and are not true images (from what I personally know of people), perhaps he is married into a Muslim family and has endured some bigotry himself as a result. I cannot know.
I will continue to comment legally and truthfully about any matter that I might have an opinion on, but henceforth I will not be drawn into this circular diatribe.
Finally, I see they are now advertising for a new Consul for Benghazi.
Might I humbly suggest Mr Young apply for the job? I believe he is eminently qualifies, as was the last Ambassador.
Whether or not anything I said made any sense during this exchange or not, I didn't want to lose sight of the fact that I enjoyed our brief moment of unity over this extremely difficult and sensitive issue. I feel that cross border consensus of this nature, by the people themselves without national self interest intervening, can move governments to policy changes that takes away the hubris.
I am quite saddened by Jeff Young's stance on this, choosing to denigrate his allies instead of seeking solutions. I do not know what in his past brings him to read every fourth word anyone posts and coming up with a false reading. I must say that even after almost 10 years on here, I have never actually formed much of an opinion about anyone from what I have read, only from what I have seen in the flesh, and of course as I have never met him or likely too, I have no real opinion of him as a person apart from what he reveals in his posts, which isn't much.
Anyway, call me a simple person that simply does not understand why he has to come on here and try and tie everyone in knots about Muslims and endow posters with labels they don't deserve and are not true images (from what I personally know of people), perhaps he is married into a Muslim family and has endured some bigotry himself as a result. I cannot know.
I will continue to comment legally and truthfully about any matter that I might have an opinion on, but henceforth I will not be drawn into this circular diatribe.
Finally, I see they are now advertising for a new Consul for Benghazi.
Might I humbly suggest Mr Young apply for the job? I believe he is eminently qualifies, as was the last Ambassador.
