Posted by so on May 22, 2005, at 21:49:29
In reply to Re: team effort » so, posted by Dinah on May 22, 2005, at 21:30:15
Dinah, if you are going to publish your criticisms or your praise, its fair that i or anyone else reflect them in a way that might tease more meaning out of it than you have confronted.
I think what you're referring to isn't how I paraphrased anything you wrote, but that I excerpted it in a pure form. That seems fair to me. Can't we get some mutuality going here -- you're not keen on affirming my point of view and I'm not feeling the need to affirm your viewpoint. We're removed by distance and by anonymity, it really doesn't need to be a threatening thing.
I'm critical of what's going on here, and maybe have some of the same those stubborn, difficult-to-engage traits you site in the administration. Maybe that's the most I have to contribute here - a head as hard as his. You'll probably get more prose out of me than you will him.
I'm overjoyed Alexander_K sees the same value I do in him finding peers to share the mental workload. Mostly it's just that I have some other community projects going here on my computer -- way outside this community -- and the arguments weren't really getting anywhere. I tend to want to pull a real load and I'm not all that keen on comparing viewpoints on theoretical matters, but as I've stated and as you can see, I don't easily disengage. At least I've not taken measures to tickle the admin into giving me a month off.
Now, I'm going to the store, and I'm tyring to learn some programing languages, but I'm interested. Let that count for something.
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