Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am quite confident you're intelligent enough to discern > at least that there is a grain of truth in the above.
An effective control technique is to present a position and imply a person is not intelligent (or moral) enough to understand if they reject it. Stop playing your mind-control games. As pointed out before, single world views are BAD. joseph (cor e form art) + (porat per ance ist) frank + lyn - mc + El + roy go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm call me 646 279 2309 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CUPCAKEKALEIDOSCOPE - send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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". >
