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Oh I agree with you. I understand that those people are gone, but it's like a phobia as you said, where it is difficult to forget something for which no closure was gotten.

I would be somewhat saddened if any of my children were UK conservatives today, because I dislike their policies of taxing people based upon people per house rather than size/value of house which means poor families in small houses pay more than rich families who can afford many houses. I wouldn't min so much, after all some of their policies I agree with, like keeping our currency, I'm fond of pound sterling.

It's just the handing over of a child bit I have issues with. I mean, who would be able to hand a child over to someone whose views were in their opinion morally wrong? I know morals aren't absolute and they certainly aren't correct for everyone, but they are correct for me, and I would still feel that I wasn't doing my best for the child. If I thought that they could raise it better then chances are I'd have their veiws myself. It's very difficult for a human being to put those irrational emotions aside, even when we know they are irrational.

Well, miyo quoted divine as the start of another topic, why is that okay? Or isn't it? Yes, it matters to me that you're offended. It's not inconsequential at all, but no one had any ill intentions to slight you. Would you rather he just leave your name out, and take one part of the quote, out of context? If you would, please take that up with him, or if you think he can't be unbiased, ask Waters, or another mod of your choosing, but please believe me when I say, there was no ill intention meant towards you as far as I can tell.

Also, I used the word "discriminating" because it's the wording you used when you said you never claimed that you weren't discriminating against people you strongly agree with, not because I think you do or because I think it's discriminating to disagree with someone. I'm sorry if this has caused confusion, and again, I did not mean at all to offend you.

Waters: I understand that, but that wasn't where I had a problem. I don't care if people prefer to seek people who are like themselves to raise their children, it was more the implication that otherwise the child will grow up to be closed-minded that made me do a doubletake. I think the same is true with Pyro, though I'm not 100% sure since I'm not him.