To Mr Roger and all, thank you for interacting with my latest thread.
I just would like to follow up with a simple comment. It is totally
fine for me to hear about many Americans despising faith or religious
preaching. But please, do not tell me "we have freedom". This
statement is vastly controversial and uncorroborated. As you have
"Freedom" to be whatever you want to be or say whatever you want to
say, I in return have absolute freedom to methodically refute,
repudiate and criticise your version and apprehension of freedom. I
intellectually decline American conception of portraying liberty. I
typically review what people write here. However, I am constantly
occupied with domestic affairs. I respond when I have time and proper
tendency. I respect what people believe regardless of what that is. I
quite fathom that I am seen here as a stranger. I am Muslim, from
Egypt and thereupon, I am totally different. Perhaps I am the only
blind individual from the Middle Eastern region who dares to verbally
argue with Americans online. As Miriam said and she is right, no one
should expect his conversational peer to alter his convictions.
Thence, we may better treat each other deferentially. I was really
discomfited at the manner by which Mr Roger treated pastor Jason of
Baltimore. They had an invaluable discussion and I was closely
watching their debate until discourtesy has been brought. I previously
made the mistake of targeting individuals with strong and possibly,
intolerable rhetoric rather than constructively criticising their
thoughts. From now on, I decided to totally change my way of
communication. This is an uneasy task but, I am willing to
relentlessly attempt until I inshAllah make a difference. I regularly
compose these posts to incessantly improve my command of written
English. At the same time, I certainly benefit from talking to people
who may have perspectives different than mine. These are two crucial
factors that I am stiffly stick to. I recently reassessed my online
demeaner and sincerely asked myself, shouldn't you be genuinely
respectful and treat others as you like to be treated? I therefore
have sat the subsequent parameters for myself. I'll judge my manner of
treating people online and particularly on this list according to the
standards I inducted to myself. Before you say a word to someone,
think about its import and reflect on its impact if it was said to
you. Second, if you made the mistake of purposelessly dissing at
someone unjustifiedly, don't be afraid to apologise. Apology is of
strength, not impuissance. Third, if someone spoke against your belief
or convictions, don't hasten to make a fuss and just be tolerant. Ask
the person first, if he is interested to receive sort of
clarrification to the matter which you believe he is rather confused
about. Lastly, despite our major differences, I appreciate my
membership of the list. Throughout the long time I spent here, I
recognise that the type of Americans here are totally different from
those I hear about, those who racially and religiously detest me or
the Donald Trump like ones. I mostly interact here with highly
educated individuals, if I compare them to lay people of their local
communities. This is common among blind folks worldwide though. Thank
you so much for patiently reading. It is Friday morning, so
fortuitously, it's the beginning of the weekend here. I am off work
today. Nevertheless, in a little bit, I'll go to join a group of young
folks called Cairo runners. These are young people who regularly
gather to run at Cairo's unoccupied streets on Friday morning. Cairo
is a busy city, except for today and in particular, in the morning of
Friday. So, I better hasten, if I do not want to miss them.
On 7/18/18, R. E. Driscoll Sr <llocsirdsr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
All: Please do not confuse me with your facts my mind is already made up!
Richard
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On Jul 17, 2018, at 10:43 PM, Mostafa <ebob824@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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