--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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.
And as a last comment, at least both of us have actually *seen* some or all of the series we're commenting on. That makes what we say a *valid* matter of opinion, one based on our own personal experience. Compare and contrast to someone who chooses to actively trash a film they've never seen, just because some- one *told* them it was bad. And who will almost certainly never see the film in question out of fear of finding out differently. That places you and your opinions on a much higher level than such a person's opinions. In *my* opinion, that is. Good bullshitting with you. But it *was* bullshit, all of it, on both sides. I hope you know that, and are not still of the opinion that your bullshit don't stink.
