Hi Aaron, I appreciate your comments and feedback. Not letting anything steal your peace is a simple yet life changing concept.
I don't believe in a notion/narrative of "respect". It is possible to take offense to everything, every element in this life. Fire hydrants are there to break your knee caps, pigeons, rain, wind, sunshine are there to ruin your day... I am that I am and my disclaimer makes sense for reasons that are known to me and may not be known to those who speak out against it. As you read through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory And other topics that descend and ascend from it, I would be curious about what interesting and surprising things you may find. Please feel free to share with me. Here are some additional food for processing: We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ~ Marcus Aurelius As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become. ~ Sartre By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments. ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. ~ Confucius Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~ Confucius The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. ~ Henri Bergson The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. ~ Seneca Trust one who has tried. ~ Virgil I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. ~ Machiavelli As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. ~ Plato - (Standing on the shoulders of the giants that came before us) They can conquer who believe they can. ~ Virgil True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong. ~ Seneca It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. ~ Seneca If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. ~ Cicero Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. ~ Aristotle A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. ~ Saint Augustine Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. ~ Epicurus What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. ~ Aristotle I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. ~ Cicero An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation. ~ William James It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. ~ Epictetus At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato Thanks, http://shamanovsky.com http://bit.ly/tickletickletickle http://www.last.fm/music/GIGGA Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. On May 17, 2013, at 9:57, Aaron Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor, > > I'm replying privately because I don't believe this should be hashed out on > the public discussion. > > Please accept my claim that I am not personally upset about anything. It is > hard to interpret things from pure text. > > I suggested something you could do to be more respectful to people on the > list (edit out your disclaimer just from list e-mails, without removing it > otherwise). I do not take personal offense, as there is nothing personal > going on here, but your reply was unambiguously condescending. > > If someone suggests you do something differently and your reply is "try > yoga." It essentially means: "I can do as I wish, I reject your complaint, if > you have a problem with anything, it is your fault; I suggest you learn about > something you surely don't know about because you must be an ignorant, > uneducated person or at least someone with personal problems for you to be > upset enough to object about this." > > Your reply was condescending because it made all sorts of assumptions about > the person you were interacting with and took zero responsibility for your > side of the interaction. > > I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't intend to be > condescending, being that way wasn't your goal, it was just careless or > perhaps even well-intentioned. But it wasn't constructive and you will do > well to heed my advice and accept it constructively. > > Again, I personally am not upset. But I'm calling you out because this form > of communication is destructive to healthy communities. If you need further > clarification or want to have a constructive dialog, I'm willing to help. > > Please also give me the benefit of the doubt. Just because this is a little > lengthy does not indicate to you my emotions or other opinions. Assuming > otherwise is the primary cause of weird online conflicts and rudeness in > general. I'm trying to help address a situation where others in the community > feel you have been inappropriate and you have not taken proactive steps to > address the situation. > > Respectfully, > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Wolf > wolftune.com > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Victor Shamanovsky > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Aaron, >> "Don't let anything steal your peace". I learned that from my yoga teachers. >> Try yoga. >> >> Thanks, >> http://shamanovsky.com >> http://bit.ly/tickletickletickle >> http://www.last.fm/music/GIGGA >> >> Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you >> are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery >> of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to >> anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the >> sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do >> not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. >> >> On May 17, 2013, at 9:08, Aaron Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) Add >>> cleanup rule | More info >>> Victor, you could easily remove your disclaimer from e-mails you send to >>> this list (the disclaimer makes no sense for these public postings anyway). >>> >>> -- >>> Aaron Wolf >>> wolftune.com >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Victor Shamanovsky >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Thank you for your advise :) >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> http://shamanovsky.com >>>> http://bit.ly/tickletickletickle >>>> http://www.last.fm/music/GIGGA >>>> >>>> Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If >>>> you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for >>>> delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this >>>> message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and >>>> kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you >>>> or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this >>>> kind. >>>> >>>> On May 17, 2013, at 0:17, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! 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