Is calling someone "close-minded" an insult?

[Measure_for_Measure]

Tough modding…

FTR, I’ll quote the interaction in full. Starting on page 4 of the thread.

@adaher

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but I’d say the abortion debate answers this question. We’ve established that medical decisions are between patients and their doctors and the government has no right to intervene. Nor can the government force people to undergo medical procedures. If you can’t force people to undergo ultrasounds, you can’t force people to have needles stuck in them.

Plus, people do die from vaccines. The risk is tiny, but in a large population, some do die, and making people buy that particular lottery ticket is not justifiable.

I think the anti-vax crowd has done the country a lot of harm, but we’re talking basic rights here.

@Czarcasm

@adaher

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned…

Then why don’t you read the thread and find out? Why should we have to pretend that the conversation started when you arrived and that none of the previous points addressing your concerns haven’t already been made? Sometimes it’s like a take-off of that Sandler/Barrymore comedy, Fifty First Dates, only with this topic( and a few other I could mention) it’s Fifty First Posts.

@adaher

Well, since we have actually established that we cannot force people to undergo medical procedures, I’d say it’s an open and shut case.

@Czarcasm

The topic is open, your mind is shut, and you have no case.

Speaking generally. Speaking generally, there ought to be some scope for member characterizations of other board member behavior that falls short of pittable offenses.

Also, I don’t know whether Czarcasm would have been modded if he kept the same sentence, but threw in a softener.