--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sparaig, the bottom line, and my only reason for getting > into this (except to have fun) is that people have differ- > ent things that appeal to them in life. One is not better > than another. WHY this silly subject was of any interest > to me whatsoever is that I'd just seen a dating website > that uses tests like "Which Firefly character are you" > and "Which Lost character are you" to determine some kind > of basic compatibility. > > I find its approach valid. If I were searching for a long- > term girlfriend or wife, there is simply no question as > to whether I would be happier with someone who "gets" > Firefly than I would with someone who "gets" Babylon 5. > Apples and oranges...no, apples and hedgehogs...completely > different entities, appealing to completely different types > of people. It's like the musical taste as test of relation- > ship compatibility thang I mentioned to Curtis some time > back. > > It's *OK* that you like Babylon 5. It's equally *OK* that > I prefer Firefly. But it does mean I would never want to > date you.
I should point out that this exchange -- occasioned by me merely *mentioning* Firefly and my appreciation for it and TV.com's belief that it was the best TV science fiction series ever -- was *really* started by you at that point rushing in to say that IT JUST WASN'T TRUE and that Babylon 5 was the best. Duh. Does this sound familiar? It's EXACTLY the same thing you do when someone here expresses their belief that TM may not be the "best" technique out there. You are *threatened* by someone else believing some- thing different than you do. When you encounter this situation, you are compelled to rush in and "protect" your beliefs and argue for the "truth" of them. That doesn't make you smart, only compulsive. And it doesn't make the things that you prefer to believe any better than the things that other people prefer to believe. It just establishes the fact that you DON'T LIKE IT when someone believes something different than you do. I don't know about you, but I've been having FUN with this discussion. It's been like one of those silly nerd arguments at a science fiction convention -- completely meaningless and a total waste of time, but FUN as long as both participants realize that what they're dealing in is OPINION, not fact. It is my suspicion that you don't get that distinction.
