I am of the same opinion here as Misha; there is no harm in talking about a subject, even when the two parties are not in agreement.
Also, I think there is some sense to his statement that Orthodox Christians living as neighbors with people of other faiths is not new, and does not requires some new code of behavior to deal with them. Of course we are to love our neighbor, just as the Samaritan loved the hapless Jew on the roadside; but that doesn\'t mean that we are to hold hands and affirm that everyone\'s truth is Truth. That way is the wide, easy path that leads to destruction. We can love others without denying that we have been given the fullness of the Revelation of Truth.
On the other hand--it is not productive to compare the differing levels of economia that individual bishops use in discerning to rebaptize, to Chrismate, or to receive through Confession alone. Obey your bishop, always.
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