Reply #253: It isn't real, it's only a discussion

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In your analogy, you make men into CEOs and women into janitors. Trouble is, with that analogy, the CEOs and the janitors are battling over benefits. My point, in this context, would be that not all women are janitors and not all men are CEOs. If the analogy was different and all the janitors were women and all the CEOs men, it would still be wrong for one of the janitors to say 'these men are greedy pigs' especially if they want to get help in their cause from the rest of the men in the plant. If the janitors claim they have the nastiest and lowest paying job in the plant, a man from the paintline may very well speak up. If other plant workers have the same problems, maybe they could make common cause

As to what I care more about. Isn't that a moot point? It's a discussion. The point of the discussion is an exchange of ideas, an exchange of viewpoints. Whether I type 'you fu$%ing rock' or a bunch of nitpicking criticism like I did, neither action is going to do one iota towards ending violence against either men, women or children or even animals.

The goal here, is for each participant to say 'thanks for an interesting and lively debate, even if we do not agree'. To write something that will teach and to learn from your critics. Perhaps if we see that everybody who argues with us, or does not wholeheartedly support our pet cause, or is ignorant or doubtful of obvious (to us) facts is not necessarily an enema (meaning enemy) that needs to be flushed out. Maybe that will make a small contribution towards a kinder, gentler nation. In that regard, I just wanna be one of a thousand points of light.