"... On Aug 10, 1:15 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> Let's say we have a new member on board, ZenMaster, and this is the > dialogue: > > ZM: I know of the universal truth. > Me: And what is it? > ZM: Nothing. > Me: What? > ZM: Yes. > Me: Erm..the truth is what is nothing? > ZM: Yes. And no. > Me: That makes no sense at all. > ZM: It makes absolutely perfect sense, once your mind is open to it. > Everything is nothing. Nothing is everything. Within everything is the > truth, and outside the truth is nothing. > Me: What exactly are you blathering on about? > ZM: You are not capable of understanding the all yet, but when you do, you > will know the truth. You do not have to seek it. It will simply be. One > cannot find the truth. One must simply know it. > Me: What the hell is this idiot spouting off? Utter inanity? Not on the basis of that snippet of conversation. That would be absurd. I'd have to probe deeper to see if there was anything substantial behind those comments. But if after numerous probings, replies, questions, attempts at discussion by various members to engage a party in meaningful discussion nothing but more inanities result, then it's time to do something. > To be perfectly honest, your reaction strikes > me very similarly to that of an adult who is irritated when a child > interrupts an important entomological conversation incessantly to note that > butterflies do indeed have wings. Only if that child kept incessently interrupting with the same inanity without following it up with more information. However, in the case of a child, I might recommend that it get some therapy for a possible anti-social dysfunction. > However, this is the reason I ask others to share this task with me, so that > it's not all resting on my shoulders. I'm more than willing to open a > moderation thread on it, and get some feedback from the others on their > perspective. I'd participate. In fact, I think it's a good idea. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
