People,
Please realise that my deletion of the posts was *NOT* an endorsement neither was it an attack against any one's belief structure. The reason behind my intervention was as follows:
1. It is an approval thread, and approvals posted "voluntarily" by participants is the only 100% guaranteed way to obtain information about INS processing speeds and policies. If we start attacking people who instanciate such posts, we are driving away a few people whose information is pertinant to quite a few others on this forum
2. Again this is an approval thread, the person who posted the thread, just got news regarding a very very happy moment in their lives. It is the day they got their freedom from INS. I would hate it if someone tried to censor my thoughts or feelings on that day, and I pass on that consideration to others. This is your day, say what you want in your approval thread, however you want to say it. If you believe baba is reponsible, terrific, if you believe there is no god, more power to you. Either we should participate in the feeling or ignore the thread.
goodsaint said:
140_* ... good job deleting my post. real nice. kill the critic and everything is good. shouldn't you delete the whole thread (which was not started by me).
Goodsaint,
Please do not misunderstand my intentions. I am not trying to stiffle your opinion, neither am I trying to kill the criticism. All I am trying to do is establish a small boundary. I am really sorry to have deleted your message without even bothering to ask you to do so, but in my defence, I was trying to head off the argument I was sure would start (like it has in previous threads), because I believed this was not the right time and place for it.
So please accept my apologies and try to understand my point of view.