Excuse me but I've been friends with smallship1 for well over twenty years (well, well over) and, while I do not specifically wish to offend him, I do it all the time. I refuse, totally refuse, to censor my views because they might offend someone, friend or not. The most I will do is head a post with a comment that some might find this offensive, but if I am going to venture this kind of opinion I do it in an open post, which is only fair.
To add, as I should have done, I can't speak for Cat, but I really, really do not see when people who read her journal should be deprived of her views (as they would be on a restricted list, as, as I far as I know, you cannot have a post that is open to everyone except a specific person) because someone might be offended.
It is his choice to read my posts and comment, just as it is mine whether to read and comment on his. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, generally in the latter case because I don't feel like arguing.
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:54 pm (UTC)As does
To add, as I should have done, I can't speak for Cat, but I really, really do not see when people who read her journal should be deprived of her views (as they would be on a restricted list, as, as I far as I know, you cannot have a post that is open to everyone except a specific person) because someone might be offended.
It is his choice to read my posts and comment, just as it is mine whether to read and comment on his. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, generally in the latter case because I don't feel like arguing.