Reply #211: As a practical matter? De-escalation is vital... [View All]

These matters flash across these screens nearly as quickly as others form their opinions.

imfo (i keyed 'imfo' some time back, as a for instance and someone accused me of cursing at them as in: In My Fucking Opinion!!, though i use it here & there simply as: in my *further* opinion :shrug:); but imfo many, too many are not absorbing the exchanges properly.

Yes, there are a host of opinions & ways in which to both express them...and express them poorly, that seems a given.

Still, perhaps even sadly, or amazingly so: even a careless posting may be the way someone feels so that I suggest de-escalation on all sides. The image may well be of the olden days, wild west after all the shooting stops as grizzled gun slinger' step back & away warily guns still drawn & smoking but no longer firing as some frontier preacher; perhaps yourself, sfexpat2000, perhaps even me :) or a tribunal of wise, philosopher queens (no pun intended) suggesting the upside to calmer thoughts, shared values, and common dreams...

Here's hoping we're not gunned down in the process ;)