P defends V. ...

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Tue Aug 31 21:51:12 CDT 2010


On Aug 31, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Somebody wrote:

>> it might not be a bad idea to get some balz and tell robin and the  
>> other list thugs to fuck off.

Other list thugs? Do tell.

See, Terrance, you said that Alice is dead, and yet you keep coming  
back.

Seriously, Terri, who's acting like the thug?

Robin's rules of sustainable disorder are simple: Pretend you respect  
other people and their opinions. Allow room for alternate theories and  
models. If you seriously believe someone is out of order, discuss your  
differences in a way that is intelligible and coherent. Don't use  
private language if you wish to be understood by the crowd you're  
drawing into the discussion. If you're incapable of acting as if you  
might respect other people's opinions don't be surprised if you draw  
disrespect.

If you can't pull off that much of a simulacrum of a decent human  
being don't expect any empathy.



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