Reply #50: Of course people are not judged 100% by the company they keep, [View All]

[tbyg52]

any more than by any other single factor.

But I *am* going to look at individual people (not groups) and draw my own conclusions about each one, based on the factors I can observe, which *does* include who they hang out with, as one of a number of factors. Of *course* one factor could override or cancel out another. I am not simpleminded; at least I sincerely try not to be.

Anyone who knows me knows that I do not prejudge people, but I do observe. The alternative is to be like a fairly small child and accept people based on what they *tell* you, rather than on what you observe them to do. (I belive that to be a lot of the reason for the vestige of support that Bush retains--oh, and I sure *do* judge *him* and his cabal by the company they keep!)

I am not sure quite how we got off on this tangent from my making a lighthearted (as least it was so indended) remark about watching Boston Legal.

I do not wish to continue this conversation, and will not reply to anything further.

With regard to your "Stop it!" and your "Hello!":

Apparently tact, which I was attempting in my previous post, has not worked, so I will flatly state:

Hello! Stop it! (And I quote.) Stop speaking to me in this manner, stop telling me what to do, and stop prejudging *me*.

I feel I am being addressed as a child. It appears to be your opinion that I did something to bring it on. You are entitled to your opinion. I am entitled to disagree and terminate an unpleasant conversation.