Reply #4: I'm like noisy...I'll probably be quite quiet about the pres. primaries. [View All]

Especially this early.

Even if JK were in it, I wouldn't want to be involved this early.

But I have no objection to people discussing other candidates. I think it makes sense to compare candidates to Kerry's agenda or our own agenda.

Mostly, I think this is a great group of people who have created a home here for two years. So like any home that has diferences of opinions, we should make sure that we debate respectfully and we leave personalities out of it. And we should always accept that others do have an emotional reaction (good or bad) to candidates that essentially fits into their own schematic of things.

Isn't that why we all ended up in the Kerry forum?

Kerry fulfilled our own individual schematics (views) of life. And even when we disagreed with Kerry or others here on some issues, we've always been able to leave the anger aside because for the most part, we all recognised we were working with more things alike than different. (Actually, that's what bothers me about the primaries thus far! The choices are mostly talking the same game. Yet we have an overcrowded field. And it's sucking up the money like a vacuum gone hay-wire. I just think these long primaries are a waste of time and money and there should be a law against it.)

But in terms of feelings in this forum...Groundrules to suggest:

1. Accept everyone's choice.
2. Don't attack the person. Think about what the person is posting and maybe give yourself a time away from posting before you reply to a person's post if you feel the original post was harsh. By the same token, you could say, "This is how I read what you wrote. (blah, blah, blah)...Did you intend for it to sound that way?"
3. Proof read your own posts to see if they sound harsh or beligerant before posting.
4. Offer support or rebuttal for your candadate's or other candidates positions as they equate to Kerry's goals.
5. Still joke or laugh in here so that it doesn't become all-primary driven 24/7.

I don't know...that's all I can think of for now.