Speaking of "freedom", there would be no need for internet forums or any other venue for the exchange of thoughts, ideas, experiences, questions, etc., if all of us had the "freedom" to believe
one thing and
only that
one thing. When a question is posed, it is customary that an answer - although it may be the
wrong answer in the eyes of some - be put forth. For example, I believe you have the right to express your desire to stifle people who disagree with you... but at the same time, I have the right to tell you that I
perceive such comments as being in contravention of the same "freedom" you exercise and espouse. If there were no differences of opinion, each thread in the forum would be opened with a statement of "fact by acclamation", followed by a limited series of "Amens" from the designated (if
uninspired) "amen section", and much snoring throughout the Internet. Actually, I doubt that anybody would even enter a forum more than once when they discovered it was founded upon the principle of "Agree with us, or be labeled a heretic and perish." Just my thoughts on the elephant in the room.
Pax...