----- Original Message ----- From: "John Williams" <[email protected]> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Rceeberger<[email protected]> wrote: > >> We are friends who have been with each other for many years. >> We can finish each others sentences. >> We are practically fucking married for crissakes. >> Brin-L and the Culture list are bicameral lobes of a humongous hive mind. >> We are gay telepaths whose thought balloons are filled with big pink fluffy >> gothic fonts and we are all laughing at your sloppy desk. >> >> Do you see people objecting to the "We"? > > No. I do not see myself "objecting" to "we" either. Just asking questions. > > Anyway, that did not answer my question about how many list > subscribers there are, and how many are covered by the "we". No one particular cares how many lurkers there are. Officially, they are our readers since that is what they do on this list. Occasionally one perks up and adds something to the discussion and on rare occasions someone will contact someone else offlist. But for the most part "We" are the entertainment and they are our beloved audience even though the star of the show appears only infrequently. >Since no > one is answering, I will jump to a conclusion. Apologies if it is > unwarranted. It is. >It seems to me that it is important to you to demonstrate > to me that there are a number of people on this list who are like you > and agree with you on most subjects and philosophies of life, and that > I am not among that number. No, that is not important at all, because it is irrelevant to the subject at hand. When it comes to the life of this list, most of the longtimers can easily speak for the group ****because we share a great deal of common history****. It is pretty much the same as using "we" when speaking for Americans even though Americans are very diverse there is still considerable commonality. Happens all the time on this list in both situations. As for you not being included in the "we" when any of us are responding to you, you are still quite new here, disagreeable, and prone to pushing buttons. "We" are trying to gently guide you away from culture shock and toward assimilation into the group in some way. >Perhaps it will simplify future > discussions for me to assure you that yes, I am aware of that, and I > am not trying to join your clique, start my own clique, or compete > with your clique in any way. I am just asking questions. > We have no cliques. But we do have Jedi Mind Tricks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI xponent Your Source For Pure Evil Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
