Strapping Young Lad wrote: Steeler fans deserve it. I don't see how anyone could have that view!!! That's just crazy and the team/fans deserve to be exiled...

Strapping Young Lad wrote: If you said 'what's your problem' to me I'd probably ask you what your problem was, then we'd get nowhere.

Wrong, imo, we WOULD get somewhere. Because it would escalate and the people around you, who might have been afraid to say something at first, would probably chime in with their two cents worth.

....what if a child's father has been convicted and imprisoned but the kid passionately defends his fathers innocence and thinks that the justice system has instead done an injustice to his family, and simply does no twant to stand and recognize the phrase "justice for all"...So it doesn't even have to be prtoest. It may just be a personal choice, not to say it.

queencitybuckeye wrote: Why would someone feel the need to protest silently? Seems like someone who wants to say something, but lacks the balls to do so.

Glory Days wrote:

Strapping Young Lad wrote: Glory days, it's not about standing up to SOMEONE.

The only reason you would feel the nedd to STAND UP TO a person who is in protest is because you feel that a person is wrong in their belief. Who are you to tell someone what to believe in or what traditions to follow...

What if a person refuses the POA because that is how they've been raiseed by their parents. Why do YOU get to STAND UP to another person's values or beliefs???

You can tell someone you don't agree with them....You can walk around all day, go to Synagogues and say hey I'm a Christan and what you believe here is wrong. You can call Cuba and say "hey, your system is the wrong one. You can find someone in a Turban and say HEY your religion is WRONG...

But what do you get out of it??? Why not just leave people be, who aren't harmiong anyone and merely expressing their belifes...They aren't physically bothering you. Its not THEIR problem tha tyou are offended and intolerant of their actions. Its your problem.

I realize I'm not going to cahnge anyones mind, I just want to know WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF TELLING PEOPLE THEIR BELIEFS ARE WRONG, because they aren't the same as yours???

For the same reason people dont stand for the pledge, because they can. Because they feel what they believe in is right. why does it matter to YOU why someone voices their opinion on someone else's belief?

and what do you get out of not standing and saying the pledge? its just a bunch of words. you arent signing any legal contracts or giving up anything by taking 30 seconds to say some words.

dwccrew wrote:

queencitybuckeye wrote: Why would someone feel the need to protest silently? Seems like someone who wants to say something, but lacks the balls to do so.

Because actions always have, and always will, speak louder than words.