> TurquoiseB wrote: > > > One of them has > > > to be RIGHT, and the other WRONG. And therefore the only > > > "proper" response to a contrary view is to challenge it > > > and draw the other person into an argument, during which > > > the goal is to prove one person WRONG and the other RIGHT. > > > > Jeff Fischer wrote: > > > > The further "down" somebody is, the stronger the compulsion to > > be "RIGHT": Constant assertion of rightness because one's own sanity > > depends on "being right". IMO the more one asserts "rightness" in the > > face of huge evidence to the contrary, the further down the scale they > > are.
"Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those reasons -- the need to be right as a > condition of my existence, and the hope that my > reasoning might possibly enter into genuine > policy-making -- I've participated in these online > forums since going online 10 years ago. That's totally cool. I'm talking about a "compulsion" to constantly assert one's rightness. I think it becomes evident when the other guys POV is merely attacked or brushed aside without any acknowledgement. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
