Posted by Dr. Bob on August 12, 2013, at 2:28:18
In reply to Re: Restoring Manic to Babble, posted by Willful on August 11, 2013, at 15:41:06
> I can't support Manic adhering to a blocking policy which I think is wrongly conceived. I don't expect that you would do things my way, of course, but I have expected that you would acknowledge and respect my point of view. ... There is only one point of view here: yours, and every communication is twisted and altered to support that.
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> TwinleafI acknowledge and respect your view that my policy is wrong and that it would be unconscionable to support adhering to it.
I'm definitely aware that there's more than just my view. I keep butting my head against others and getting a sore head. :-)
> this ... sounds like a parody of the 2nd or third grade prattling teacher's question
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> I begin to wonder if it doesn't represent his attitude toward us, that we are somehow mentally backward, nonpeers, and not to be respected and addressed as such.I remind Dinah of a middle school teacher. I guess you see another side of me. :-)
I do believe there's something I could teach, and posters could learn. But I might be wrong. I certainly wish I were a more effective teacher. Let me try again:
> Of course none of us is going to volunteer to "help" Manic be a good little boy.
I think opposition to me, or to blocks, may be getting in the way of support for Manic.
Maybe think of it this way: He's on the other side of a minefield. The mines expire after a year, but he isn't willing or able to wait. He keeps trying to make it back on his own and keeps getting blown up.
> I don't think Bob understands how that question sounds to the ear of those of us who are entirely adapted to the culture of late 20th and early 21st century America
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> WillfulIn early 21st century America posters might support mandatory sentencing.
In early 21st century America posters might not concern themselves with someone who needs help.
In early 21st century America posters might occupy Babble/protest.
In early 21st century Tibet posters might consider Manic a martyr. Or martyr themselves.
I wonder if in early 21st century Babble any posters might want to help Manic avoid the mines (which isn't inconsistent with opposition/protest). (How to do that is another issue.)
Bob
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