User talk:Ambush Commander~enwiki/2004

This is the talk page archive for Ambush Commander of the year 2004.

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First of all, despite my wild-eyed opposition, I am not a biased editor. I feel strongly that all views must be presented neutrally, which is the core of the NPOV policy (a policy I heartily support. My general POV's are listed here. The debate on the atheism page is unrelated to my POV's however, and is more about Civility, and the question of if theists should be allowed to edit the page, or discuss it in the talk, or should be run off. As far as what the page should say, I feel that it should not state that the concept that atheism is the default state of humans (and animals, and objects) is a common one, nor widely accepted. I do feel it should be present however. I would say that the commonly accepted definition is that atheism is the intentional disbelief in God, an act (albeit an internal one) of rejection of things religious. Therefore those below the age of reason cannot be classified as atheist IMO. Of course the organized atheist community disagrees, and feels that Weak Atheism is an acceptable classification for those normally referred to as agnostic or irreligious. I hope that gives you some idea of where I'm coming from. In summary, all POV's should be expressed within the article, but the intro should focus on more widely accepted definitions (such as can be found on other encyclopedias). Cheers, [[User:Sam Spade|Sam Spade Arb Com election]] 22:02, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Talk:Breast
I just wanted to point out that if I sounded a bit terse in my reply to you on Talk:Breast, it was because I was annoyed w the poster just before you. My reply to you was acyually a reply to him, which I edited slightly due to an edit conflict when you posted. Your arguments were not the ones I described as "particularly unpersuasive" for example, that, and most of my reply was geared towards him. You were both polite and articulate, and I wanted to let you know. Cheers, [[User:Sam Spade|Sam Spade Wants you to vote!]] 01:18, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)