Dig deep Share. Try to put a little effort into what you say so that you have a little credibility to go with it. I googled the phrase and here is what I found - (not just taken from the drop down window; that doesn't tell you anything....try to remember this for next time, even though you have acknowledged that Ann is RIGHT in determining that you are not tech savvy) - in full and cited appropriately with quotation marks.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12080.Ralph_Waldo_Emerson, Self-Reliance http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1758578 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Judy, it was an honest mistake. When I put consistency is the hobgoblin in the google window, that's what the drop downs showed. They did not show the word foolish. On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:38 PM, "authfriend@..." <authfriend@...> wrote: Ooooooooopsie-Share. You left a word out of that quote there, didn'cha? How dishonest is that? OTOH, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, etc. Translation: If you think I'm going to acknowledge being inconsistent right here in front of God and everybody, you've got another think coming. What a nerve! Emily, that's a very interesting perspective. On Friday, March 28, 2014 1:56 PM, "emilymaenot@..." <emilymaenot@...> wrote: That's not the point Share. How do you know that "you do not use Apple computers" is a *true* statement? Depends on how you define the word "use" maybe? Maybe you "use" them indirectly as both Ann and I have Apple products that we "use" to post here and you are "using" my post to reply to. I'm not judging the "appropriateness" of your choice of "right" and "wrong", I'm just reminding you that, based on what you wrote, you *do* reduce things to "right" and "wrong", thus invalidating or rendering inconsistent your statement that you don't think like that. My answer to your answer is "I don't know." Smile. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : So Emily, when Ann wrote about me "you do not use Apple computers" what do you think would have been an appropriate answer?! On Friday, March 28, 2014 1:28 PM, "emilymaenot@..." <emilymaenot@...> wrote: Ok, if you say so. (RIGHT) I figure you are not very savvy technically (RIGHT) and that you do not use Apple computers.(RIGHT) I figure you did not know Apple Stores existed (RIGHT) nor did you realize how cool they are, all simplistic design, glass and that they call their computer experts "geniuses". (RIGHT) I figure you figure that getting out of FF twice a year amounts to some sort of cultural pinnacle (WRONG) and I figure you took exception to me making fun of the fact you don't know about Apple Stores.(WRONG) Is that enough figuring for one day do you think? (DON'T KNOW) Well Share, you indicated 5 rights, 2 wrongs, and 1 don't know. it appears that you *do* look at at least some things in a right and wrong kind of a way. Are you *sure* you know enough to use those terms, even as you apply them to you? Very black and white thinking, imho. I am surprised that you didn't know that Apple stores even existed! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Well Emily, Ann was making assumptions about me and I was giving her feedback about her assumptions about me... On Friday, March 28, 2014 12:40 PM, "emilymaenot@..." <emilymaenot@...> wrote: I understand what you are saying Share, but you still "interpreted" her "figuring" as "right and wrong." Are you experiencing cognitive dissonance right now - in the sense that your behavior is not in line with your beliefs? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : But Emily I was replying to what Ann wrote which was all about figuring... On Friday, March 28, 2014 11:59 AM, "emilymaenot@..." <emilymaenot@...> wrote: But Share, we are talking about what you wrote, not what Ann wrote. You are slipping into your shadow side again. :) Stand up Sweetie...you wrote it.
