On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Scott Raley <[email protected]> wrote: > I do what I'm contracted to do, so the only thing on my soul is > making the customer happy. If you don't have something good to say don't > post.
This makes me think of something I've thought about more and more lately about the company you keep and it's influence on your life. Not you specifically Scott, but the broader "you" meaning all of us. Social norms are enforced by people around you guiding you through comments, advice, behavior... If you leave the house dressed like a slob, a friend or spouse might tell you that you look like a slob and need to clean up. Bad behavior is shunned in a number of ways, both subtly and overtly. The group of people you surround yourself with are the checks and balances that help guide you to knowing what's right and what's wrong. They help correct you when you get off course. You do the same for them. Occasionally though, someone behaves a certain way and refuses to observe this advice from their friends. In my observation this usually leads to consequences. Sometimes these consequences are irrelevant, somethings they are substantial. Now, I don't for one second think that CF-Community is anyone's primary circle of friends, but we do seek and give each other advice from time to time. It's interesting to me that in this case the group seems to be overwhelmingly attempting to guide Scott onto a path that does not include these Big Brother systems, and that guidance is met with such hostile denial of well meaning and nearly unanimous advice. This is just an observation. Scott you do what you want. Human behavior is interesting and unexplainable at times. Sometimes this list is like people watching at the airport. People do and say things I would not expect them to. An interesting Ted talk I watched recently about the influence of friends (and friends of friends) on your life. They influence you alot more than you think... http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321326 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
