2006-7-4 15:39:00
JWK writes:
I don't remember JJ stating Dean was boring but I can certainly think of a word with much stronger connotations.
You don't remember because I did not do this. In fact, overall I would say that Dean is quite a character and keeps my interest more than most.
Let me give the group my philosophy on how I react if I see something I consider negative from another person.
No matter how dumb the statement I never call the person stupid, dumb, ignorant, boring etc.. Neither do I call any person a derogatory name or use a swear word directed at them.
Instead, what I do is to isolate the statement or philosophy that may show some ignorance and comment and elaborate on that.
For instance, a very intelligent person may utter a stupid statement. If I criticize such a statement I am only criticizing a non-entity, not the person himself. Such a dumb thought may count for less than one percent of his thinking process, the rest of which could be brilliant.
Here's is my actual statement concerning Dean and boredom:
And even these is not because of any fear of another point of view but because he refuses to stay on topic and move away from the boring material that has been rehashed many times.
Notice I did not call Dean boring, but an isolated direction he was taking us as boring. Most on this list do consider this direction of discussing duality as boring because we already have spent hundreds of thousands of words in discussing it.
I think you can go over the millions of words I have written and do not think a reader can find one direct insult I have ever made to a reader. Instead, if I have a criticism I will isolate his words and analyze them.
That said, let me again offer a piece of advice I have given many times to those who criticize me.
Please argue with what I do say; not with what I have not said.
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
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