re: Validation

ER — 8/3/2009 7:20:05 PM (archived)

TB, you're entitled to believe anything you like, and you are entitled to talk about it here as well if you like. What you are not entitled to do is to to monopolize the conversation and crowd out all other issues with it, no matter how strongly you feel about it. It's not a free speech issue, and it's not about politics.

It's about manners and courtesy. No one likes to be patronized and no one likes to be preached at. Even if they are mistaken. Everyone here feels strongly about something, and everyone brings it up every now and then. But no one likes being insulted. You started off this thread with the implication that we were all just too damned dumb to see what is so obvious to you. And you knew perfectly well how insulting it would be or you wouldn't have put it on Flame.

Yeah, there's a lot of intelligent people here, and we don't need the latest psychobabble to tell us when we're being talked down to. And some of us have even thought enough about politics to know that the greatest threat to our freedom is the guy who has it all figured out and who has nothing but contempt for anyone who can't see things his way.

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Just wondering... - TB - 7/29/2009 2:41:32 AM
- The short answer is... - ER - 8/3/2009 1:14:21 PM
  - re: The short answer is...NOT SHORT AT ALL - SDG - 8/13/2009 2:34:31 PM
    - re: The short answer is...NOT SHORT AT ALL - Lindy - 8/13/2009 6:25:33 PM
      - just havin fun Lindy (n/t) - SDG - 8/14/2009 2:24:55 PM
  - I see. - TB - 8/3/2009 4:18:44 PM
    - You don't want feedback or information. You want validation and reassurance. - ER - 8/3/2009 5:21:20 PM
      - re: Validation - TB - 8/3/2009 6:17:10 PM
        
        The Great Awakenining. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2009 8:01:59 PM
        
        the comfort of socialism, - FrankC - 8/6/2009 1:14:58 AM
        
        The first time? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/6/2009 10:48:07 PM
        
        "We are losing the wealth to back it up and the wealth ALWAYS comes from business and CAPITALISM." - Lindy - 8/13/2009 6:58:22 PM
        
        Pot calling kettle black department. - ER - 8/7/2009 2:21:46 PM
        
        The ifs are never as bad as advertised - FrankC - 8/7/2009 1:32:51 AM
        
        You're half-assed right. - Eri - 8/4/2009 12:26:07 AM
        
        My "comfort zone" is not in danger. - alcaray - 8/3/2009 8:31:45 PM
        
        I know. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2009 11:16:59 PM
        
        It's simple. - RobVG - 8/4/2009 12:15:33 AM
        
        That's one way of looking at it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/4/2009 12:58:59 AM
        
        Oh come on Tech - FrankC - 8/6/2009 6:51:10 AM
        
        I think I know why Mcfly left. (n/t) - RobVG - 8/4/2009 1:13:46 AM
        
        Is he really gone? - FrankC - 8/6/2009 6:59:40 AM
        
        And then there were none. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/4/2009 1:58:26 AM
        
        Chain yanker (n/t) - FrankC - 8/6/2009 7:00:39 AM
        
        poor Tom (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2009 12:04:19 AM
        
        poor Techie (n/t) - ER - 8/4/2009 2:39:09 AM
        
        Everyone here is swimming in the same bowl of soup. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/4/2009 12:10:35 AM
        
        re: Validation - ER - 8/3/2009 7:20:05 PM
        
        "Courtesy" - RobVG - 8/4/2009 12:25:28 AM
- When will we learn - CavemanC - 7/29/2009 6:36:20 PM
- Will I receive extra credit? - Jody - 7/29/2009 12:27:15 PM
  - What, you want cookies, too? (n/t) - Eri - 7/29/2009 12:56:30 PM
    - do you have a link to a great cookie recipe? - Jody - 7/29/2009 1:18:22 PM
      - Yeah, but how do I link to my personal cookbook? - Eri - 7/29/2009 4:15:13 PM
- Certainly, monsieur. - Eri - 7/29/2009 3:40:09 AM
  - LOL! (n/t) - TB - 7/29/2009 4:01:52 AM
- Could you provide a link to an example? (n/t) - Robert - 7/29/2009 3:35:29 AM
  - *snort* (n/t) - Jody - 7/29/2009 1:56:32 PM
  - re: Could you provide a link to an example? - TB - 7/29/2009 4:13:37 AM
    - Tom, Tom, Tom - Robert - 7/29/2009 5:54:39 PM
      - Robert - TB - 7/29/2009 6:55:39 PM
        
        Speaking as someone who understands the nature of facts... - Eri - 7/31/2009 4:34:23 AM
        
        Precisely why you want access to original data wherever possible. (n/t) - TB - 7/31/2009 4:56:21 AM
        
        Perzackly. Which is what you don't give anyone. - Eri - 8/4/2009 12:29:57 AM
        
        Tom - Robert - 7/29/2009 8:35:35 PM
        
        Q.E.D. (n/t) - TB - 7/29/2009 8:45:42 PM
        
        nil illegitimi carborundum - Robert - 7/29/2009 9:37:43 PM
        
        Heh. - TB - 7/29/2009 11:02:08 PM
        
        Watch it, buddy! - Eri - 8/4/2009 12:31:18 AM
        
        Yeah, I confess to being a fan of the Enlightenment - Robert - 7/31/2009 5:13:17 PM
        
        For real Robert... - Jody - 8/1/2009 2:49:31 AM
        
        About being a fan of the Enlightenment? (n/t) - Robert - 8/1/2009 10:32:33 PM
        
        You know what I meant. (n/t) - Jody - 8/2/2009 3:29:03 AM
        
        "100 percent?" Care to think about that for a minute? - TB - 7/31/2009 6:23:28 PM
        
        And for cripes' sake, look up "the Enlightenment." (n/t) - TB - 7/31/2009 6:28:32 PM

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