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Mar 1, 2007 7:05 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
Just putting this question out there...

Do you really feel you can speak your mind on the forums?...I know there are many who absolutely speak their mind (me being one of them!)..but if YOU don't why do you feel you can't?

Is there a topic you stay away from because you just know that your views are not reflective of the "majority"?

Do you agree/disagree with things said on here, but are unwilling to defend your point of view on it??

And then more importantly....Why???
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Mar 1, 2007 7:07 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
izzyva
izzyvaizzyvaHighland Springs, Virginia USA7 Threads 2,070 Posts
Yes, I'm.




El Diablo
devil
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Mar 1, 2007 7:10 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
nwnstar
nwnstarnwnstarConway, USA38 Threads 5,464 Posts
there ARE topics i stay away from, but that's mostly because i don't want the headache...

i speak my mind, whenever and however...
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Mar 1, 2007 7:14 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
Oh I like it!!applause
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Mar 1, 2007 7:17 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
ariesgirl003
ariesgirl003ariesgirl003Bangin, New Jersey USA32 Threads 3,038 Posts
If I have something to say good or bad like it or not I'm going to say it , but some people over step the speaking your mind and are just out to hurt anothers feelings and thats not right!scold


If we speak our minds thats how we get to know one anotherwink



Well I really don't agree or disagree more like either I laugh or I don't laugh!grin But most of the time I'm OTF LMAO
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Mar 1, 2007 7:18 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
nwnstar
nwnstarnwnstarConway, USA38 Threads 5,464 Posts
i also think there's something to be said for...disagreeing with a viewpoint, and not the person behind it. if we were all vanilla, this world would have such a bland palette, and we would have nothing to discuss.
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Mar 1, 2007 7:22 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
The reason some "topics" get out of hand in my opinion is that people tend to defend their views based on "emotions" rather than "facts"...

That is not to say you should not be "passionate" about what you believe and defend it as such...but most oft times your personal "emotions" are not enough to get someone to see your point of view...it takes "facts" to educate another and bring them around to seeing your point of view...mud slinging---name calling--- that just doesn't cut it...

And that also does not mean that at the end of the day one should not be willing to "Agree to Disagree"...or even say their own mind has been changed based on the well laid out "argument" of another!

handshake
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Mar 1, 2007 7:23 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
nwnstar
nwnstarnwnstarConway, USA38 Threads 5,464 Posts
there's also the tendency to attack the person, rather than the person's opinion.
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Mar 1, 2007 7:24 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
bl8ant
bl8antbl8antAmsterdam, North Holland Netherlands3 Threads 1,000 Posts
rolling on the floor laughing but Urs...... you are forgetting one weensie little point......




........................i am always right.rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing


where there is no challenge...there is no conflict!!!wave grin
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Mar 1, 2007 7:25 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
ariesgirl003
ariesgirl003ariesgirl003Bangin, New Jersey USA32 Threads 3,038 Posts
I think you 100% right thumbs up
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Mar 1, 2007 7:28 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
..." also think there's something to be said for...disagreeing with a viewpoint, and not the person behind "...

That's an excellent point Lori...I think that happens on the forums alot where because of "who" the originator of a thread is, views tend to "change"....

How are you doing by the way??hug
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Mar 1, 2007 7:30 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
nwnstar
nwnstarnwnstarConway, USA38 Threads 5,464 Posts
too darned early to tell.

pretty well, i think...you?
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Mar 1, 2007 7:32 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
arabella
arabellaarabellaNear Farmington, Maine USA98 Threads 1 Polls 6,199 Posts
My perspective seems to be different than most folks.

Lots of times, people have no idea what I am talking about, or all they want to do is argue or laugh and have fun laugh

Like Alex said, "pearls before swine", so why bother rolling on the floor laughing


So I don't post very often any more. wine
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Mar 1, 2007 7:33 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
Lots happening...i'm moving at the end of the month...and of course instead of packing i'm sitting here on the computer as if the "packing" fairy will come and do it for me....did i also mention that i have no clue where i'm moving to at the end of the month??

My house "sold" yesterday....
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Mar 1, 2007 7:33 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
adj4u
adj4uadj4unorth central, USA4,943 Posts
i would never get controversual nope not me

it just isn't my nature

i would not want to upset anyone

just not me

yea thats it

uh huh yep

rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Mar 1, 2007 7:35 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
I know it gets "tiresome" at the best of times Bella...but that is what makes a "forum" successful..is the different points of view and a "healthy argument" defending views...

But i know there are days when you just want to reach into the screen and shake someone...or you just shake your head and sign out...sigh
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Mar 1, 2007 7:36 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
bl8ant
bl8antbl8antAmsterdam, North Holland Netherlands3 Threads 1,000 Posts
hey Joanie!!!



i love your point of view !!! it is for me the salt of the earth ! common sense and grounded.

being a gardener and a farmer one gets the truth of the nature of things in a beautifully delivered manner!!


i think you ROCK!!!!!applause grin
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Mar 1, 2007 7:42 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
nwnstar
nwnstarnwnstarConway, USA38 Threads 5,464 Posts
<-----*agrees with alex*
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Mar 1, 2007 7:42 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
bulldog66
bulldog66bulldog66doncaster, UK35 Threads 3,680 Posts
iam a big beliver in speakin my mind .........thats why my nose is so flatdunno
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Mar 1, 2007 7:43 AM CST SPEAK YOUR MIND
starliteisbrite
starliteisbritestarliteisbriteThe planet earth....:), Ontario Canada56 Threads 7,327 Posts
you add a little sugar coating to that "speak your mind"....dunno
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