--- In [email protected], "seventhray1" <lurkernomore20002000@...> wrote: > > This also strikes me as quite odd. To feel that I would need to > indicate, by name, those people who are apparantly in agreement > with a position I might have. As Xeno, said, as though this > "makes the case" for my position?
So cute that you snipped what I was responding to, Steve. I bet you actually thought I wouldn't put it back, didn't you? [Share wrote:] > I agree Xeno. I think Judy and I, and Robin and I also, are > simply too different to ever understand each other. I said > this to Robin after one of the several upsets. I've recently > realized it about me and Judy too. I think it's just the way > life sometimes is. My point is really not difficult to grasp in context, so I'm afraid I have to assume that both you and Xeno are intentionally misconstruing it. > > All it indicates, is that someone is so invested in a position, that > they must try to indicate public support for that position. > > It ignores the fact that there is probably an equal or greater number of > people who feel differently, but just aren't obsessed with trying to > assert the "rightness" of their opinon. > > But, in this case, Judy feels that it bolsters her position and thereby > allows her to claim yet another internet forum victory. > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> > wrote: > > > And how about Ann, raunchy, Emily, Alex, and Ravi? That's > > seven people who are apparently too different from you for > > you and them to understand each other--about half of the > > regulars who have had exchanges with you or have defended > > you. And that half haven't had any arguments with you to > > begin with, so there's no way to tell whether they would > > be able to understand you if they did. > > > snip > > > Note again that it isn't just Share and me whose "views" > > diverge and whose "thinking styles are simply not compatible." > > It's Share versus Robin and Ann and raunchy and Emily and > > Alex and Ravi and me. Fatuous nonsense, Xeno. > > >
