Well, that nasty exchange I had with my email buddy seems to have taken an even more unfortunate turn. My friend took down his blog and I am afraid I may have precipitated that sad decision. I don't know how I expected him to act after my vitreolic email response to his blog but taking it down wasn't what I was trying to get him to do. I wanted him to know that his philosophy regarding other people's faith being "trivial information" is not something I can reconcile my feelings to. I didn't intend to drive him underground! Now, I am afraid that he will be even more inaccessible than he was before! Oh dear! I've let my temper make a mess of things.
So, what should I do dear readers? How do I fix this without compromising my principles?
On the one hand, I did get ridiculously angry and flamed him something fierce, so I guess there is a question of whether that was called for or not. On the other hand, there is the question of when should someone take a stand? I'm stuck....
Correction:His blog is still up. He just removed a few posts, breaking my link. I think his blog is at speedbumpsintheroad.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeletespeedbumpsinroad.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteHi, NH. Don't know if you're still monitoring this. Its been more than six months since our last exchange, I just wanted to say that I am sorry I riled you. I realize that pushing you to the extreme I did, whether you believe it was intentional or not,(it waan't), it was not conducive to the discussion. I never have been a 'tactful' person, usually wielding an axe when a butter knife would have sufficed.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to re-open this discussion; however, if someone could excise the 'crude', inflammatory expressions from all that I wrote, leaving the ideas intact, the crux of the concepts I was trying to express that remain are still valid. I don't deny that I did not express them concisely, nor did I intend to assail you, or your beliefs. I don't agree with them, but you are entitled to them. Having (poorly) expressed why, but nonetheless expressed, there is no need to reiterate them.
So, this is just a 'hello', and a confirmation that I don't 'hate' you. that's all.
be well.