Originally Posted by
gratewhitehuntr
I for one will visit much less if topics like religion and politics are off limits.
Do we remember Socrates Apology because it was about motorcycles ?
Cicero for his letters to Marcus about how to get a booger out from the baby's nose?
These things are the substance of what makes us human.
These are the topics which seperate the intellectual wheat from the chaff.
Small minds discuss people.
Average minds discuss events.
Great minds discuss ideas.
I enjoy the discussion of ideas because it allows me to learn and improve myself.
Am I to believe that we are to be denied the opportunity to ponder the very ideals and morals which continually shape our lives?
I say that if someone has a problem, deal with them.