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**Gozmand** · 11-07-2006, 06:01 AM

Sometimes beyond the normal realm of discussion is the agressive person who believes something passionately and wants you to know it, accept it and believe it. It can get pretty ugly. For example, I don't smoke, but I have seen how adamant and vicious ex-smokers can get with smokers... they can get very worked up if you light up near them.

Also certain people with politics can be quite forceful with your time and their opinions. Their rights become important. Thier opinions smarter and more logical and more mature than yours. If you disagree, you are either an idiot or a nazi.

Who do you find most offensive, intrusive or assaultive? Do you have experiences with people trying to force their beliefs on you?

Yep, i've had people try to impose their beliefs on me loadsa times, increasingly on forum discussions.
I've had everything from being accused i am "weak" because i am a religious person (buddhist), or that i a "lower" or essentially more primitive because i am not a vegan, but still consume animal products . I have also been accused of being disgusting because i smoke. In my day to day life, i encounter none of this. I think it basically comes to down to;
a. People think their beliefs are the best and are the most correct, there's often a fine line in people seeing you as defending your beliefs or attacking theirs.
b. Political correctness. When somthing is socially acceptable, people feel more free to do it or act on it- so while is perfectly socially acceptable to drink alchohol if you are of the legal age, its not socially acceptable to smoke pot (cannabis)- there's not always a lot of sense in all of this whats right and wrong, but rather purely what is most socially acceptable or accepted by the masses, is what decides wether its right or wrong.
And where there's no real obvious correctness or social acceptablebility in somthing, opinions really clash- and you get a hot topic/debate.

So for example while in the past, it was actually expected of parents to raise their children in a christian environment/upbringing with christian teachings/morals, now there is discusion over how correct it is to "force" a particular religion upon a child. At the same time, many people who disagree with this are guilty of forcing their own beliefs upon others. Hypocrisey...

11-07-2006, 06:01 AM	#4
Gozmand Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Sometimes beyond the normal realm of discussion is the agressive person who believes something passionately and wants you to know it, accept it and believe it. It can get pretty ugly. For example, I don't smoke, but I have seen how adamant and vicious ex-smokers can get with smokers... they can get very worked up if you light up near them. Also certain people with politics can be quite forceful with your time and their opinions. Their rights become important. Thier opinions smarter and more logical and more mature than yours. If you disagree, you are either an idiot or a nazi. Who do you find most offensive, intrusive or assaultive? Do you have experiences with people trying to force their beliefs on you? Yep, i've had people try to impose their beliefs on me loadsa times, increasingly on forum discussions. I've had everything from being accused i am "weak" because i am a religious person (buddhist), or that i a "lower" or essentially more primitive because i am not a vegan, but still consume animal products . I have also been accused of being disgusting because i smoke. In my day to day life, i encounter none of this. I think it basically comes to down to; a. People think their beliefs are the best and are the most correct, there's often a fine line in people seeing you as defending your beliefs or attacking theirs. b. Political correctness. When somthing is socially acceptable, people feel more free to do it or act on it- so while is perfectly socially acceptable to drink alchohol if you are of the legal age, its not socially acceptable to smoke pot (cannabis)- there's not always a lot of sense in all of this whats right and wrong, but rather purely what is most socially acceptable or accepted by the masses, is what decides wether its right or wrong. And where there's no real obvious correctness or social acceptablebility in somthing, opinions really clash- and you get a hot topic/debate. So for example while in the past, it was actually expected of parents to raise their children in a christian environment/upbringing with christian teachings/morals, now there is discusion over how correct it is to "force" a particular religion upon a child. At the same time, many people who disagree with this are guilty of forcing their own beliefs upon others. Hypocrisey...
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