Life is full of enigmas...

Look at what's happening here - some members were unhappy with what the site was like, a poll was introduced to investigate the feelings of TC members. Although the result was in favour of those who didn't mind what the site had looked like, decisions were made to improve the site. Yet, still the minority who expressed their discontent in the poll keep complaining about the poll not having been anonymous. Please, do realise that although you were in minority, changes are being introduced. I can't understand what is bugging you about that...

Quoting catwoman: Quoting vineyards: The inevitable outcomes of this choice are fighting and then more fighting, and then more and more fighting followed by still more fighting and sadly no conclusion. Therefore, I would like us not to fight...

Here is the recipe if you don't want to see people fight consider this:

Although we call humans as intelligent creatures their mindset is essentially not very different from those of animals. In other words, every human has a list of priorities which gets into play when people make statements,decisions or amendments. On becoming a mother, a woman adopts a different mindset. Her child becomes the center of her life (exceptions don't break the rule). She has now produced another person whom she is supposed to love, protect and confirm regardless of who the child really is. To a mother her child is on top of her list of priorities. Faith is an equally important priority for so many people. You know almost in everyone's book, it is written that Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son to God. Today, the followers of Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad can do much and much more than that. When you criticize their religion, in effect, you are attacking their mindsets. Many religions consider this blasphemy. Blasphemy is a major sin according to all religions.

Just remember how the Christian world were divided into so many sects, so many different subcultures. A consul was held in Nicea (modern day Izmit near the Sea of Marmara)those who believed that Jesus was God formed one sect and those who said God was God and Jesus was just a prophet formed another. Then a gentleman translated the bible into German which caused the formation of yet another sect and they all butchered one another mercilessly. They probably considered the other sects as deviants, who committed blasphemy.

Alevites formed a seperate sect and did not ever get near Sunnites also refusing to worship in mosques because they defended Ali was a prophet too and he was slain in a mosque. Then the Sultan slain so many thousands of them in one go claiming that they were committing blasphemy.

So, the magic formula is:

Don't go and tell a mother that her child sucks, she will probably attack you...

When you criticize people think about their mindsets and priorities...

Sure she'll be enraged. But there's a difference between telling a mother her child sucks and telling her that her child misbehaves. The former is insulting, the latter criticism