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Ode- then this post does not concern you. i did not say jim didnt call names, my main point is i have seen it on everyones part and its quite shameful. I am not perfect and yeah I have said things I am ashamed of due to being a little riled, but I always try to make a point of apologizing afterwards or at least making light of the situation. It all falls on someones pride and ego. and if we as adults are unable to be polite and quaint then how do we expect our children to be?

One comment on the deleting posts thing-- it is a persons right to do that. i have seen people say it is out of weakness but perhaps maybe more out of keeping nasty name calling comments out of their blog. there was one on here that deleted someone out of their blog then when it happened to them griped about it.

stephen: Im dont need to defend anything I did to jim-I DID NOTHING TO JIM!He simply cannot deal with opposing viewpoints and im simply making that clear.It is not the behavior of my fellow conservative bloggers than caused him to leave-He evidently feels oppresed and humiliated when he meets with opposition!

I get whatever skills I have from the grace of my God-without him I am nothing-Im proud to be conservative and I guess it shows-What a shame I was really looking forward to debateing one of "the pure elite"-who's got an ego? Didnt mean to step on yours!

You have a nice life as well!

my goodness ode, lay off!!!! your showing yourself real well right now. as far as the right to delete or not delete, it is still a right a freedom a privilage. Let me say it does not show you are weak, it shows you do not wish to have constant attack or vile remarks. if you do not wish to be deleated be civil in trying to make your point.

oops, i did it agian!!

I blog on here all the time and have been for a couple of years. I consider myself a conservative. Some of the other conservatives on here might not consider me as one of them. There are a lot of issues I consider myself to be an independant on.

I have 2 instances where I will delete comments: 1. If you resort to name calling (moron, idiot, etc) and 2. Comments in a foreign language.

You may say "well I wasn't referring to you".

Well, I voice some strong opinions but don't resort to "trashtalk". SkookumJim didn't delete me - he blocked me! I could not put a comment on his blogs!

If you are going to blog an opinion you have to be able to accept an opposing viewpoint - otherwise why blog?

SkookumJim is welcome back any time. If he should come back he should be willing to debate and be ready for discussion and dissenting opinions!

This is what happens when you take Jesus out of blogging.

mpvan wouldn't say anything. He's too busy looking for spelling errors to correct ;-)

Ode let me start by, you know I used to claim myself as liberal and now I'm independent. Not once did I whine about when any of you disagreed or said the "dumb liberal" stuff.
Oh, by the way, hello!!!

Bestrong,
Yes you or anyone else may have the right to delete comments but don't make someone else look stupid doing it. Example, I was debating immigration and welfare with somebody and I made some really good points. But because they knew I had the uphand in the debate they deleted every one of my comments. So all you seen was them getting the best of me. So it looked like they outdebated me and I had nothing to say in return. I didn't call names or disrespect. One other thing, all because people get nasty on the internet doesn't mean they have messed up children. Kids are messed up nowadays because adults have no control anymore. I grew up getting cussed at, hit, whooped, etc. You know what, I became a responsible man that works hard to support his family, I've never been arrested, i always try to help who I can, etc. Before all these "parents can't spank their kids" laws went into effect youth wasn't all that bad, not like the way it is today. So please, don't say this is why children are messed up. The last but not least reason is "lack of parenting". People may not want to hear that but it's the truth.

Everyone,
Feel free to say whatever you want to me. Whether it's insulting me, calling me names, etc. I won't whine and cry, I'll just fight back. >:)

it was posted right above shookumjims blog. that is why it is political blogs. my main point was name calling just seems inappropriate, but the blog grew a life of its own.