Reply #30: Absolutely not. It's cowardly to hide it away.

[Zhade]

I'm NOT calling you a coward by saying that - my point is that it's an issue we will eventually have to face, and hiding it in the basement is taking the easy way out.

Witness the amount of flat-out WRONG "facts" about the whole situation some bring up that sound like they come right out of a rightwing think tank - there is stunning ignorance of the historical and political reality of this issue.

The rest of the world talks about it, we do ourselves a disservice to not discuss it. Yes, the discussion is volatile, but in the long run it's probably healthier to deal with it in the light of day.