KMO wrote:
>By phrasing the question in such a way as to paint my efforts here as a
>compensatory effort for some insecurity or phobia, you're hoping
>what?
Bring into question the utility of the idea at hand. I don't find it
useful, you seem to. I was trying to bring out an answer other than,
"because its true" and an emotional, rather than intellectual, tact seemed
appropriate.
I could have put it a different way, but it would have required a different
me on a different day with a different disposition. I'm not always fun to
be around.
>Intellectual honesty and list courtesy, it
Button pushing is button pushing, and I won't deny that I engage in it.
I'll take responsibility for the button pushed, but not for all the wheels
or levers you yourself set in motion as a response. Fair?
>As I understand Jim's claim, he's asserting that the mental state
>seems to me, would direct each of us to respond to the arguments presented
>rather than belittle them with innuendo and allusion to unspecified
>psychological dis-ease on the part of the presenter.
>of an adult who has come to recognize the value of not letting
>particular belief system interfere with their quality of life is no
different
>from the mental state of a seven year old who has yet to fully settle
>into her L2 BS. That seems unlikely to me. When following a spiral
>path, we will sight familiar landmarks, but that doesn't mean we aren't
>in new territory.
Best bad analogy I can think of (after discarding a couple of worse ones) is
this: A mountain hike up a steep ravine, with lots of elevation gain and a
slippery washed out trail that's seen better days. Do it as a day hike,
carrying nothing more than the contents of your pockets and it might be easy
and fun. But do the same hike with a 80 lbs pack on your back and its a
whole different world. One takes more training and skill than the other,
but the trail itself hasn't changed a bit.
>It seems that adults have a very different notion of time, and people
A friend of mine once packed-in a cast iron skillet on a seven
-Prof. Tim,
>who serve the proximal master of the next urgent task think differently
>than people who have a purpose or the phaith that lets them operate
>according to a more long-range vision.
who enjoys waffles, but not nearly enough to add 15 lbs to his pack.