12-30-2008, 08:24 PM
esnap commented "...Folks are different. we come in all shades of every ilk...However all it would take is one person to say I am not welcome and I will go with out so much as a comment."
Yes, your point about simplistic one-axis notions of dualism not reflecting reality is well taken. The Political Compass instrument at this site http://www.politicalcompass.org/ does a good job with crosstabulating personal results on two axes and matching those results with famous historical figures, yet there is ever so much more to anyone and everyone on Punaweb than that which is measured by even two important axes.
One axis not measured by the instrument above yet which seems more and more important here is the willingness or unwillingness to be kind and assist one another. This quality might be measured by how we show up in this forum and in person with our words and actions vis a vis our neighbors in the community.
"However all it would take is one person to say I am not welcome and I will go with out so much as a comment" ...Surely not if just one person were to say this, given the one person is not Rob? If each person bails out of the discussion whom just one other person says is not welcome, then PW could eventually consist of one person who is either very self-righteous or a bully (if there is a difference between the two) and Rob as he turns off the lights. IMHO we should definitely listen to the feedback of our peers when we receive a bunch of feedback about something or other, and respectfully heed it by improving the constructiveness of our comportment within the shared norms of our group, but to drop out just because one person says you are unwelcome does not seem constructive or appropriate.
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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Pres. John Adams, Scholar and Statesman
"There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair."
NASA climate analyst Gavin Schmidt
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
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