Quote Originally Posted by Deborski View Post
Oh, Lena, I was just teasing Pasha!!! And I mean that you are strong and he had better not mess with you, because you are even stronger than me!

Please do not be offended by it. I won't call you a "feminist" if you don't like it but I think "feminist" has been demonized in Russia as much as "communist" has been in the US! And NO, I'm not calling anyone a "communist" either!!!!

Can we all just get along?

You needn’t even have bothered writing that, Deb. I got your meaning as soon as I heard “Kalashnikov”. I guess I feel you much better than you think I do. Perhaps the contrary is true to life, too. The more I wouldn’t care a bit if anybody called me a feminist. Anyone has the right to have their points of view. I am always trying to judge a person by their deeds and not by their thoughts. Besides, a feminist is not a fashist. Being a feminist is just having a funny point of view, nothing more.

I’ll tell you more, I wasn’t really offended by Paul’s words no matter how strange it may sound. I cannot even imagine that a stranger’s words in this virtual world could offend me. Not that with close friends and relatives, though. I just told Paul that he should have guts to tell a person what he really thinks to their face and not behind their back. I wish you could feel how calm and indifferent I really am. I'm not angry with anyone. I just have a thing on disputing.

Thank you for your encouraging words, Deb. We do need to be strong in life.