tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924313029169385920.post7092098179688714226..comments2022-10-18T14:12:31.996-04:00Comments on cathleen's place: Confessions of a sanctimonious know-it-all self-righteous assholeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924313029169385920.post-82387539672640231632007-12-02T17:08:00.000-05:002007-12-02T17:08:00.000-05:00I think soapboxes are good - as you know, I have m...I think soapboxes are good - as you know, I have my own well-used one. But I become less and less willing to see things as black or white, good or evil. I am right now in the midst of an e-mail exchange with an ex-Scientologist - a good friend - who is still a "true believer." His last e-mail told me I was "a menace to the human race" by questioning Scientology. Well, we'll see where all this goes. I find it hard to condemn him as vehemently as he condemns me. After all, I was in his shoes at one point!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419834733958851626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924313029169385920.post-54381020382051241772007-11-30T23:50:00.000-05:002007-11-30T23:50:00.000-05:00I think you're being too hard on the soapbox. Fri...I think you're being too hard on the soapbox. Friends and family on soapboxes teach me new things all the time - about why I should worry about what goes into my cosmetics, for example. Sure, there are more and less abrasive forms of this particular method, but I think yours is well on the less abrasive side. Advocacy is a good thing, in my not-always-humble opinion. Is "humble opinion" an oxymoron, by the way?Slaydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11295558645545857623noreply@blogger.com