Originally Posted by KnifeMissile

To his credit, he has been quite level-headed. Some of his posts were agressively defensive but he has never escalated the discussion. I thank him for that and he has my respect. This is not as common as I would like which is why I have been out of the politics forum for quite some time...

I admit that I'm not particularly friendly. However, this doesn't mean that I'm particularly belligerent, which is important to me. You'll see no ad hominem attacks in my posts. If most of my posts bring up disagreement, it's only because it's more interesting to disagree with someone and say why rather than to type another single line "yeah, I think so too" post. However, this is merely a trend and I certainly don't come here "looking for a fight." I agreed (although, personally, I'm still considering the issue) with ustwo's assessment of people's need for religion and I typically abhor his opinions! Surely that's evidence of someone not looking for conflict...

I'm sorry I'm not friendly. I hope you can see that I'm not antagonistic. I may disagree emphatically but never without discussion and nothing I say has ever been pejorative. If you can find anything of that nature, I'd be quite embarrassed...