Emily Dickenson wrote "The soul selects its own society then shuts the door." How true that often is. It's been some time since I have posted in a regular fashion, computrer problems, censorship problems and the like. I enjoy a good debate and heartfelt opinion (hopefully based in fact and not just emotion) and the give and take. I don't like being shouted down or called names. That usually happens when your debating partner is running low on facts or logic.

And I have to admit that I have returned tit for tat in the heat of the moment and I ALWAYS regret that after I calm down a little. But I do believe error and deceit should always be challenged. If not then it becomes the truth of tomorrow and it leads the unquestioning into delusion and perhaps even blind allegence.

That said, I do take note that by far the leading political atomosphere here is left and left a little more. Don't shout down the few conservative voices you have. Challenge, debate but try not to insult. Think of that voice as your coal mine canary. If you don't hear it anymore the door has been shut and you have nothing with which to compare and contrast you own views .