Hmmm,

I can't say I quite follow the point of this "older and wiser". I must admit to having been away from the 'Cat for about a year or so, and so have not caught up with all the new people, but from memory I don't think we as a community have ever advocated being non judgemental. The great strength, well one of them, of the 'Cat has always been our ability in 99.9% of cases to debate subjects with other members who hold opposing views without acrimony. Some of us have even changed our views as a result. Having said that, we all have our own carefully constructed prejudices and from my experience although the people most able to debate a topic are those capable of seeing the opposing point of view that doesn't mean they can't or won't condemn it. They generally don't advocate being non judgemental - usually quite the opposite.

Something I have said many times before and will repeat however, is that the one thing that most people hate is having it pointed out that their particular bete noir is not a 'monster', insane, depraved etc but 'just folks next door'. It seems to me that the only common factor in those more or less universally decried, is their absolute belief in themselves and the correctness of their point of view. A trait which is not limited to those who arrive in a position to apply their 'wisdom' to more than their immediate family.

Hope I haven't gone on about something that was meant to be a joke.

Pete M