Macky
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Location: USA
Registered: November 2008
Messages: 973
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Perhaps it is time to start a new thread. Let me start by thanking Timmy for the reassurance that I was not being picked on, in the “Moral Question” thread. That is a good thing to know.
I will also not take offense at Timmy’s singling out the US for school violence, when it is a worldwide problem.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/School-Violence-Worrying-7300-Police-Calls-At-Schools-In-England/Article/200812415192085
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777958.html
In order to avoid any further miscommunication I would like to make sure I understand this situation.
Could you please enlighten me on what exactly it means to offer an opinion, as was requested in the original post? Of the following definitions of “opinion”, which are acceptable and which are not.
1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
2. a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
3. the formal expression of a professional judgment: to ask for a second medical opinion.
4. Law. the formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case.
5. a judgment or estimate of a person or thing with respect to character, merit, etc.: to forfeit someone's good opinion.
6. a favorable estimate; esteem: I haven't much of an opinion of him.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opinion
Could you also explain exactly how my declaration “sex between adults children is categorically wrong”, differs substantially from the quotes of other contributors sited in my previous post i.e “it is wrong”?
Is this truly just a matter of semantics, or your personal prejudice towards certain idiomatic phrases? You seem to be particularly bothered by the phrase “Stand up and be counted”, endowing it with a somewhat combative connotation. That is not my understanding of the phrase. I tend to agree with the following explanation:
stand up and be counted,
Reveal one's convictions or opinions,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stand%20up%20and%20be%20counted
I might suggest that in order to help posters to this site avoid any further complications you post a list of all idioms, phrases, words, and figures of speech you find objectionable and invite other contributors to add to it. I would think we want to do everything we possibly can to prevent any hurt feelings.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
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