--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, foufou_fl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Johnny, I suspect from your comments that at times your reading or
> > > understanding of some posts is weak or superficial And you react
> > > strongly to your weak understanding, not the post itself -- as
> written.
> > >
> >
> > -----------------
> > -----------------
> >
> > What more can I say,
> > I rest my case, and my weak understanding.
> >
> > JohnY
>
> Perhaps you have difficulty distinguishing between a critique of an
> idea and a personal attack.
Perhaps that's because my understanding is weak, or I'm overly
attached, but of course your discourse is directed at the ideas....
("focus on ideas not the person")
> Some feel so attached and in ownership of
> their thoughts and ideas, that a criticism of the latter is equivalent
> to a personal attack. Having mixed that up, often their response, is
> not on the ideas being discussed, but to attack the poster. Again, one
> is seen to be the same as the other: ideas and the thinker.
>
Inflame, attack, retreat into symatics and subtle parsing of language
That has been the flow of your threads.
Oh, it's subtle use of the intellect to enlighten, sure it is....
> Nothing could be further from the truth in my book. The quality of
> thoughts, I suggest, follows a normal distribution (aka bell curve).
> A few brilliant ideas, a few imbecillic ones, and a lot somewhere in
> between. Just because one has an imbecillic thought does not make the
> person an imbecile. Same with having a "genius thought". If we don't
> catch our own imbecillic thoughts, feedback from others on the
quality of the idea is helpful.
>
And I should be thankful too. Gee, I guess I'm lucky to have your
critique and counsel then.
> On the other hand, sometimes, some ideas expressed are so weak and
> baseless that its hard not to laugh out loud and rib the poster
> directly a bit. That is often not a personal attack, but an attempt to
> get the poster to "wake-up' to what they have posted, re-examine
> it,and hopefully laugh at it too.
>
If a laugh makes you feel better, feel free. I quess it's all worth it
then. Quality entertainment for sure.
JohnY
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