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What you say is true, my blank-named friend. I would mention that I did use the word 'occasionally' with my second point, which was really more an addendum than anything else. However, I am Captain Hyperbole, and it's nice for my talents to be recognised in a public forum.
Got to take issue with the whole 'only reason to show respect is to garner it from others' angle. That implies a level of cynicism that I can't really relate to. Personally, I show others respect because they're worthy of it, not because I want it reciprocated. And it's true that some people cuntify themselves by being numpty bastards in this board, and there's no way I'd advocate any kind of 'dumbing down of the revolution'.
But there's a level of arrogance - entirely justified - that comes hand in glove with knowledge of a subject. And the way transactions of status go, especially here, is that when you're confronted by someone who is clearly ignorant of certain key aspects of the subject under discussion, the first and most natural response is  . I just saying that's not necessarily a response that should be acted on arbitrarily, but that any response to such a situation should be based in the context of the post, the history, the subject... and before anyone brings up the likelihood of anyone having the time to analyse their feelings and reactions before every post, I'd add that this is something we do on a daily basis when communicating with others, and it's done almost without conscious thought in a lot of cases.
But look, I'm not actually talking about Jackie here - I want to make that clear too. It may be hir thread, but it seems to have kind of moved on to talking about the subject in general, rather than one suit in particular. Personally, Jacks is one of the people here I learn the most from, which is why I don't often post in response to hir stuff - I'm sitting at the desk with steepled fingers, murmuring "Eeeeenteresteeeeeng..." |
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