Lir didn't have to be banned. S/he could have kept within the fold instead of becoming
a lost sheep.
Look at me. I'm a wild and crazy guy (with apologies to Steve Martin), but I've
managed to avoid being banned, even though I've had sharp disagreements with nearly
everyone here. Why just the other day, Mav said, "With friends like you who needs
enemies?"
The atheists think I'm a "nut" because I believe in God, or worse, because
I'm a member of the Unification Church. The Democrats think I'm too pro-Bush; gay
rights advocates despise my anti-homosexuality views. And I just got raked over the coals
for the umpteenth time over [[global warming]].
But I've survived, despite periodic calls for demotion or banning, because I GO ALONG
TO GET ALONG. Anyone can order me around: I am a "servant of servants", like
Joseph in Egypt (see Genesis). This is so important that I'm going to draw a box
around it!
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* Lir/Vera needs to pick their battles, *
* which means knowing when it's time to *
* drop a point and move on to the next *
* task. -- Uncle Ed *
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I miss Lir. Their contributions, when on target, were often nothing short of brilliant.
But an obnoxious genius is not welcome anywhere. Lir has to learn how to avoid
antagonizing people.
Okay, I'm not the world's *greatest* example, but after all the dust has settled,
even Mav has said, "You'll always be Uncle Ed in my heart."
Ed Poor
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