02-27-2008, 12:38 PM
In retrospect, I’m thinking we all got trolled. Shame on us!!! [:0]
Upon reflection, I should never have posted a comment on this topic because it was really non-productive: if “origami” was trolling (thanks for that one, Glen []) then we fed his/her desire to get a reaction; if origami wasn’t trolling, none of us had a chance of changing his/her opinion anyway. It was a pointless exercise in futility.
My post was obviously intended to point out the hypocrisy of saying you’re a Buddhist then trashing hippies with dreads and making other judgmental comments. Again my bad—who the hell am I to tell someone they’re a hypocrite...got way too many flaws of my own to work on.
The bottom line is, while the best course of action would have been to ignore the rant, if I absolutely HAD to say something, it should have been closer to Kapohocat’s comments above: What was the point of the rant (if not to troll)? And why NOT just pack up and quietly leave? Was it intended to rile us up? To get us to agree that Puna sucks so we all move back to the mainland? To stimulate spirited discussion on the pros and cons of living here? Yeah, Kapohocat really cut to the chase on this one…very incisive.
Ah, reflection is such a beautiful thing. Thanks origami!
Aloha,
Tim (happily “sequestered” in Hawaiian Shores)
Upon reflection, I should never have posted a comment on this topic because it was really non-productive: if “origami” was trolling (thanks for that one, Glen []) then we fed his/her desire to get a reaction; if origami wasn’t trolling, none of us had a chance of changing his/her opinion anyway. It was a pointless exercise in futility.
My post was obviously intended to point out the hypocrisy of saying you’re a Buddhist then trashing hippies with dreads and making other judgmental comments. Again my bad—who the hell am I to tell someone they’re a hypocrite...got way too many flaws of my own to work on.
The bottom line is, while the best course of action would have been to ignore the rant, if I absolutely HAD to say something, it should have been closer to Kapohocat’s comments above: What was the point of the rant (if not to troll)? And why NOT just pack up and quietly leave? Was it intended to rile us up? To get us to agree that Puna sucks so we all move back to the mainland? To stimulate spirited discussion on the pros and cons of living here? Yeah, Kapohocat really cut to the chase on this one…very incisive.
Ah, reflection is such a beautiful thing. Thanks origami!
Aloha,
Tim (happily “sequestered” in Hawaiian Shores)
Tim
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions--Confucius
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions--Confucius