Posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 18:53:59
In reply to Re: Requesting clarification » so, posted by gardenergirl on May 19, 2005, at 10:08:36
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> > > > THEY SACRIFICED.
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> > > Sounds to me like they merely had different values.
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> > "Mere" is a subjective term.
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> Hence the "to me".
I once thought "to me" clearly refered to a personal perception, and typically predicated an "I-statement" but I have since been informed that in the syntax of this site "to me" is a noun phrase that can be recognized as a declaration of fact, regardless the intent of the writer or usual interpretations of the meaning of the phrase. Though I disagree, exposure to the unique meaning has undermined my confidence in the meaning of the phrase, at least in the context of this site.
> >Many chose to forego privilage, wealth and comfort to actualize their values, only to become icons emmulated everywhere from the Hollywood comedies to corporate costume parties.
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> Exactly. Different values. What does emulation have to do with it?Holding values is different from actualizing values. Emmulation can be a means of vicariously affiliating with a value without any obligation to either hold the value or to actualize the value. With practice, populations can learn to articulate a value though they have no practical intent to ever actualize the value. Emmulation can be a means of practicing such suppression of a value.
> A. I answered the question in my second post under this name and ...
> > B. Please do not pressure me to comply with your requests.
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> Just following up. I do not see a post which states how many screen names you have used before. Would you please provide a link?
> >No. It's easy to find. Please don't continue asking.
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> > > And to clarify another comment you made...this is personal research on your part?
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> > I'm having a difficult time parsing this as something other than a rhetorical question.
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> Hmmm, I was sincerely interested in your answer to that clarification.
Why were you interested?
> > If phsycians were found to be particularly prone to bluffing at card games because of the implicit trust others place in them, would that not be informative about how they tend to use the trust they earn?
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> How many physicians?If a majority of the physicians one had encountered in a lifetime demonstrated a trait, would it be reasonable for that person to explore to what extent other physicians, not already identified, present a similar trait?
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> > > Good luck with your study! (emoticon would normally go here)
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> > I don't understand emoticons -- at least not in terms others always confirm. I tend to read them as (which is to say "To me they sometimes seem to mean") "just kidding".
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> Hmmm, that would be a winking emoticon. There are many others just as there are many words in a language.
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> gg
I don't understand how a "winking-just-kidding" emoticon is not sometimes a symbol of sarcastic intent. Oddly, my read of the rules is that it is okay to talk at length about what we do not understand, but we are prohibited from explaining what we do understand, if the sole administrator abitrarilly concludes based entirely on his personal judgement, that somebody somewhere might theoretically feel offended by the understanding. So, I proably can't tell you what I understand winking emoticons to represent in some circumstances. Nor can I complain about what I might perceive to be put-downs, because I beleive I am assigned in this context to a social teir that suffers from a more strict interpretation of rules than other posters who, for example, are allowed to cast all the meat eaters in the world as akin to rapists.
I can say that animals, humans included, sometimes demonstrate a major emotion while masking contrary emotions. Social pressure is especially effective at provoking suppression of contrary emotions. The contrary emotion is often identifiable through physical cues, nonetheless. I think the concept is sometimes called "leakage".
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