I am inundated with emails from various family members. Said emails are often spam, or worse, containing political/religious messages. My least favorite being the "world-is-going-to-end" variety that has been spurred by our financial crisis. I recognize freedom of speech, in fact I will fight to the death for the right for you to say what you want to say when you want to say it. However, do I have to listen to your opinions just because I'm on a family list? Would it be uncooth and downright barbaric to send a reply with the subject "unsubscribe?"
With that said I need to state that I love a good debate. I also love learning varying points of view. For the record my viewpoints are often the varying viewpoint -- varying from what is the majority thought for my family. I think this differs from an unsolicited email chalk full of blabber. I wonder... are you trying to pass along some cyber salvation? Are you honestly concerned for my soul, or wait a minute, is it possible that you just like to be "right" and want everyone to know exactly how "right" you are? To that I say get a blog! Ha!
Should we send our deepest darkest thoughts to everyone in our address book just because we can? I just don't feel right about sending sweet Auntie Kay religious or political banter. Maybe I'm a very private person, maybe I'm a reclusive cyber freak. I'm open that this issue is with me and not the sender. However this is my blog and therefore I may carry on as I please.
In my experience, I've never won an argument by proving someone else wrong. I find this to be especially true in things that people are invested in; i.e. religious beliefs, behavior, politics, etc. Oh come on, this is true with everything. But don't take my word for it, that would just make me "right" and that's not what I'm about here. :) A great book illustrating this point is The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbringer Institute.
I'd love some thoughts here...
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2 comments:
I love that the family's diverse and I always appreciate hearing your point of view (whether I agree or not).
You always have a nice way of telling people "where to go" with some of the things you don't see eye to eye on. I actually would enjoy hearing more from you :)
Glad you now have your own blog where you can do whatever "ranting & raving" you would like - I have subscribed, because I enjoy a good rant ;)
I haven't been getting many family emails lately. Perhaps I unsubscribed and didn't know it. :) I am not sure if I told you or not but I did read the book you mentioned.
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