the article was turned into a "I'M...

Tony the article was about bullying, and the ground breaking legislation that Florida is trying to pass.

With those posts the article was turned into a "I'M BETTER THAN YOU FIGHT"

I've seen those articles before and how they end up talking about things that do not pertain to anything.

I'm the youngest out of six kids.

I'm 42 years of age and I served in the army back in 1984 in Germany.

This has nothing to do with free speech.

If it was just one post, that's one thing.

But you all went back and forth for a while.

As far as the "Kind" of person that I am, Read my articles and posts,
you'll see I will get behind any issue anytime anywhere.

And I will defend your right to your opinion on anything you want.

That's not the case here.

I think George W. Bush is an uneducated "C" student who, without his daddy's help would be managing a grocery store in texas!

He failed at his oil venture.

He failed with the Baseball team (Texas Rangers).

And he failed to keep the peace in the world.

I have never advocated muzzling anyone, and I am not about to start now.

I deleted the entire article.

Read my articles closely, before you go calling me names.

Enough said.

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Mary M. May 2, 2008, 2:54pm EDT

Oh my! I don't know what this is about, but it sounds as if things got out of hand. Sorry you were misquoted and misunderstood. People so often pick up on one or two words or phrases and don't read an entire piece before they jump to conclusions and go off on a tangent. Too bad:(

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Fred R. May 2, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

Not at all, Mary.

I wrote an article about the legislation here in Florida: (Anti-Bullying) law.

People commented on this guy's comment and he turned it into a school yard fight.

He called them Bush loving war mongers and they called him uneducated, and in need of counseling.

I put a stop to it.

And deleted the article.

It's apropos that the article was about bullying and that's just what I got!

God bless America!

:)

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Peter Joseph Swanson May 2, 2008, 3:14pm EDT

Yikes.

It sounds like a typical day on Gather.

Or typical week.

(ha ha what you said about Bush)

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Fred R. May 2, 2008, 3:19pm EDT

This is the first such situation I've encountered Peter.
I've seen those other articles turn into that before, but never one of mine!

Wow, I guess I've been indoctrinated!

I don't dislike him because he's right wing.

I don't respect him because he's a stooge for the VP and the oil companies.

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Col. George W. May 2, 2008, 7:22pm EDT

Well Fred, He proved he was an idiot. One thing he did was build points for you while picking a fight. I think I have run across the A hole myslef a time or two. If a person posts something that is off subject or offensive the best thing to do is delete their comment. One should at least stay on subject if they want their comment read. If they want to talk about another subject they can post an article of their own.

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