To Discuss or Not to Discuss?

Earlier today I stumbled across a blog post that really caught my attention entitled "Stop Bashing," which inspired me to write this latest post. I was in total disbelief when I read this post and wondered why would anyone want to bash any form of religion in the first place.

One blog post I came across was on Religion which is very sacred to people worldwide. The post discussed some remarks were made publically on live chat that were taking offensively by other members. Respectively, we the members all know that WA is a global business community which means we have members from many different cultures which means different religious beliefs. For this reason specifically, we as members should avoid the discussion of religion within the live chat as our goal here at WA is to learn and not to judge, stereotype, or offend others within the community.

However, I happened to see a comment that stated, "Just stay away from chat if it offends you." Well does that sound fair? Absolutely not, as we have rights within this community and one of those is the use of live chat to assist us when we have questions and to help other fellow WA members. I'm quite confident that when Kyle and Carson started this business community they intended live chat to be a tool to help others within the community and not to discuss things that are not relevant.

Let's get back to the basics of what live chat was meant for like intellectual discussions of how to operate a business online, build a website, earn money and how to accomplish those objectives. For those who have succeeded online to use their skills to help others achieve the same success by answering questions and giving advice. To inspire others within the community by not discouraging them in the first place.

Thus, if you really have to discuss things that others might find offensive or even inappropriate then do so via private chat. There is no need to offend others and make it, so they don't feel comfortable using live chat.