A point regarding this issue of one or more persons perceiving other posters as angry, and abusive -- suddenly "clicked" for me this afternoon. I had known that it reminded me of something, but I had not been able to figure out *what* is so intriguing.
The premeise appears to be that content of a post is not "the thing", its the percieved emotional state of the poster that is paramont. If a poster is percieved as angry, or some other non acceptable state, then their content is discounted outright. Putting aside the difficulty of assessing a strangers "state" from miles away, from words alone, it seems that fundamental that content that which is important. Art and literature, while not of the same "level" as posts on this list, have all been created by those in various states: in pain, sufffering, angry, depressed, content, exaulted, drunk, stoned, sleepy, "actualzed", up for 4-days straigt, etc. While their "state" may be an interesting foot note, it does not determine, in any absolute or even substantial sense, the merits of the content of the material. That "state" over content, ideas, concepts, information is of primary interest for some is a "go figure" phenomenon. > Bingo! Got it. It reminded me of visiting America > recently, my first trip back in over two and a half > years. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
