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Originally Posted by JinnKai
*snip* Additionally, I think the notion by many posters in this thread that you should place your own comfort below that of others is a dangerous notion, and only setting yourself for abuse. Keeping your comfort at the same level as others is far more healthy, as it allows you to keep a thin level of tolerance -- I will be kind and avoid certain things to keep you happy, but I will not lose part of my critical being in order to KEEP you happy. *snip*
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A) I agree that people should be able to express themselves.
B) Just because people don't agree with your position does not mean they don't understand you. It is a possibility that they both completely understand and disagree with you.
C) Being willing to voluntarily place your own comfort below that of others is not a weakness, but a strength (yes, my own opinion. What else could it possibly be?). I witness this perception of "placing other people's comfort before my own is a weakness" in more than one of your posts. I'm sure there is a reason for it, and it appears to color many of your posted views.
Disclaimer: Of *course* there is a reasonable limit for placing others before yourself, as there is in everything. The Key is finding a working balance.
D) Being concise is a vital element of good writing.
