In article ,
 Amy Guskin  wrote:

> >> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 07:20:52 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote
> (in article 
> ):
> 
> > In article ,
> >  Josh Hill  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> And my question is -- why? I can understand greed, the sort of
> >> stinking rotten selfish greed that sits on mounds of cash or amuses
> >> itself with frippery while children go without dental care. And I can
> >> understand the middle class virtues -- hard work, self-reliance. But
> >> there's a sort of conservatism that I just don't understand. 
> >    
> >    You should since it exists pretty much exclusively in your own
mind. <<
> 
> Please, everyone who chooses to engage in these kind of discussions, be 
> careful about being kind to one another.  Many times, these kneejerk 
> reactions come off as being _very_ close to personal insults.  For example, 
> in the above, Josh was replying to Hammer and didn't say "You are crazy, 
> expressing that opinion!"  He kept it to the impersonal third person.  But 
> Kurt, that reply of yours was dangerously close to directly calling Josh 
> outright crazy.

  Not at all. I was merely stating my position that he sees things 
rather stridently through his own personal prism and then correlates that
to the outrageous outliers as if they are the norm. I am a psych RN, so 
I NEVER suggest someone is crazy, unless they are. Josh doesn't remotely 
qualify. Heck I can't even suggest a personality disorder diagnosis (g).
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