'do we need more RESPECT on ozpol.' ?
Ozpol is an open public forum, 1/ for examining [important public] issues, 2/ for presenting information [about any 'issue'], and 3/ for expressing opinions [about any 'issue'],
imo.
We [all of us]
should have respect for truth and consideration
for what is true,
whenever truthful things comes before us.
And we should abhor those [imo] who simply want to 'shut down', and to suppress, and silence those, with who they disagree.
consideration = = careful thought. a fact taken into account
abhor = = detest; hate.IMO, there is nothing wrong when we see something which is wrong [something which is wrong with us, or with our society], and 'publicly call it out' [
and, expose it to widespread public scrutiny].
Dictionary;
discrimination = =
1 the action of discriminating against people.
2 recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another. good judgement or taste.Dictionary;
discriminating = = having or showing good taste or judgement..
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Psalms 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
QUESTION;
What is wrong with us today ?
Psalms 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
That is the God of the bible speaking, in rebuke, to ancient Israel.
But he could just as easily be speaking to ourselves. !!