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Originally Posted by David M. Driskell

I am seeing two Meat Loaf fans who could be considered to be less than loving to all they come in contact with. I am sorry you have a lack of respect in your heart for people, and pray that maybe one day you will find it in your heart to treat everyone with equal respect and show everyone just as much love as you can muster.

Firstly David, let me say that you do not know me, all you know of me is the personna that i have chosen to face these forums with, so therefore it's not your job to either judge me nor decide just how loving and caring a person i am.

You say that 'you pray one day that you will find it in your heart to treat everyone with equal respect'. As i have stated before, for me, Respect is something that has to be earned. I can honestly say that i don't respect you - how can i? i don't know you. All i know of you is what you have chosen to show me. What i do have, however, is the curtesy and good manners to accpet your opinions and points of view even if i don't always agree with them. Just because i can't give you my respect, doesn't mean that i have any less of a reguard for you than i do some other members of this forum.

I'm sorry that you think my views on respect are less important than your views, but that's ok. As an adult of moderate intelligence, i'm sensible enough to know that not everybody is going to get on all of the time. That's ok too. However, what isn't ok is when certain people are persecuted for expressing opinions and thoughts. That's just not on.