On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > aggressive comments (I apologize if any were mine). Artistic environements > should never be censored but respect should always be given.
Certainly. And that would apply to ignorants who won't take "NO" as an answer, and attempt to "attach themselves" under "we are all friends" don't you think? And certainly you do understand the idea that not all humans are nice, don't you? And that there are_ many_ who abuse the "artistic" privilege to damage the audience? That there are idiots who leech on creative environments? You cannot be that willfully blind and naive now, can you? Lastly, like "most" you do have a problem with "active discernment" which you term "aggression" and it is NOT. It's easy to say "mutual respect". But it requires sentience, intelligence (no logic or "thinking" implied), and a great degree of consciousness to act with respect. The reality is that most humans are "currently" unable_ to be respectful. Again--not implying one shouldn't try, however there is a great deal of difference between RESPECT and masochistic tolerance of idiocy, lack of discernment, etc. One cannot RESPECT others "before" one has learned to respect one's own being, and the latter certainly does not entail slack-jawed swallowing of shit. Nor does it entail intolerance for refusal of it. Nor does it entail easy, ignorant, reactionary knee-jerk slap stick labeling (aggression). Allowing oneself to be mistreated is masochism, not "respect" for the other. Ultimately, community is a "privilege" for those capable of participating in one. A random herd of "humans" attempting to "mutually respect" one another by expecting everyone to act along with their ignorances, running hither and yonder damaging each other and bumping into other sheep to "direct," running over sheep on the way to being "leaders," even though they don't have what it takes, and attempting to steal what is not theirs in terms of energy is NOT a community. A community is not formed by typing "subscribe LISTNAME" and hitting "send". I am quite confident you're intelligent enough to discern at least that there is a grain of truth in the above.
