On 9/20/2013 12:26 PM, nestork wrote:
I cannot help but remember watching a TV interview with one of the
judges who retired from your US Supreme Court.

He said that in the entire time he served on that bench with 8 (is it?)
other supreme court judges, they were always discussing the various
aspects of each case they heard, but he never once heard any one of them
raise their voice in anger or insult anyone else's intelligence during
those private discussions they had.

I expect that was because all of them knew and understood the law and
respected the other's opinion when it came to conflicting aspects of the
law.

And, that struck me as an important thing for me to remember.

If those judges can make decisions that are important enough to affect
the future of an entire country, why can't we discuss matters of vastly
less importance with similar respect and dignity?


Long ago, a gentleman told me, when having disagreement, the first one
raising their voice loses. Same idea. Cursing, belittling, disparaging
is just a reflection of yourself.