Ok, Richard, here's one theory: operant conditioning. If the negative comments get responded to more than positive comments do, then duh, people are gonna post negative comments. As you say, people just want to talk with someone (-:
On Monday, November 11, 2013 9:00 AM, Richard J. Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: It took just over three hours for this FFL thread to turn into a shit pile. Go figure. On 11/11/2013 7:23 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: >And in addition Buck - > > >You posted this last year as well. Your repetitious plagiarism, spamming, and >typical lack of original thinking here rather ill suits communicating to those >on this forum. There is a spark in there somewhere Buck - it shows very >occasionally - why not work on letting that come through instead of this >ponderous Bible thumping approach which was better suited to a previous age. >You are making it appear that meditation has zero effect on a person's life. >The dinosaurs disappeared 65,000,000 years ago. Time to catch up! > > >---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > Buck wrote: > > >> It is not that these meditators have lived, but that they have so >> lived...that they offered >> themselves willingly in a cause vital and dear to humanity; and what is >> more, a cause they >> comprehended as such, and looking at it, in all its bearings and its >> consequences, solemnly >> pledged to it all that they had and were.... This comprehension of the >> cause, this intelligent >> devotion, this deliberate dedication of themselves to duty, they suffered in >> testimony of their >> loyalty, faith and love, make these meditators worthy of honor today, not >> merely that the cause >> was worthy but that they were worthy. > > >Excerpt from Civil War Brigadier General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 1884 >Memorial Day Address: > > >It is not that these men are dead, but that they have so died...that they >offered themselves willingly to death in a cause vital and dear to humanity; >and what is more, a cause they comprehended as such, and looking at it, in all >its bearings and its consequences, solemnly pledged to it all that they had >and were.... This comprehension of the cause—this intelligent devotion—this >deliberate dedication of themselves to duty—these deaths suffered in testimony >of their loyalty, faith and love, make these men worthy of honor today, and >these deaths equal to the lauded deaths of martyrs. Not merely that the cause >was worthy but that they were worthy.... > > >http://dragoon1st.tripod.com/cw/files/jlc_words.html > > >
