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Subject: [Spridgets] discussions that are potentially harmful in nature
From: bmwwxman at gmail.com (Jim Johnson)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:43:36 -0500
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Ed, you're just no fun at all!!   ;-)

Cheers!!
Jim

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Fisher, Ed <edwd at ti.com> wrote:

> OK, I am just gonna throw this out there.  Everyone has heard the quote,
> "never discuss religion or politics with friends or relatives" or some such
> wisdom as that.  There is a very good reason for that; it is incendiary.
>  When
> I wrote Frankie Jr of his Dad's passing, I said something to the effect of
> "he
> was so busy making his corner of the world a better place he did not fall
> prey
> to the diatribes of others".  I would respectfully submit that we all go
> out
> and be a little more like that and a little less vehement with each other's
> views.  Go out in the garage or shop instead of listening to whatever
> station
> that you are listening to and getting all riled up.  Go get a neighbor kids
> lawnmower, bicycle, wagon, whatever running and forget about trying to sway
> others to your opinion, unless of course you want to bash Chinese tools,
> and
> only then because you are justified in doing so because you broke
> one/several
> helping others.  Come on folks, this isn't really in the spirit of what we
> all
> just felt just a short while ago when we were one in our grief.  Politics
> and
> religion are divisive subjects, do we really want to alienate each other
> when
> we can and do have so much in common?  Also, to the group, I am tendering
> an
> apology for my post about solar power.  Unless I was asking for advice on
> how
> to install a panel, installing a panel for a friend/neighbor and wanted
> help,
> or I was hooking up a panel to an LBC this was not the place to post.  I
> apologize.
>
> Ed
> Dallas, Tx
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Jim Johnson
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