24 Oct
2011
24 Oct
'11
9:59 p.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
On 21 October
2011 04:58, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
At the risk if being naive, perhaps this list
could use a bit of inspiration
-
to see if we could help the discussion to be more useful.
There is a book written by Michael Kahn: "The TAO of Conversation".
The primary point is that in an idea conversation, there can never be
an opinion which is right or wrong. Attempting to support an opinion
helps us to understand the opinion even if we totally disagree with that
opinion.
While I agree with both of the opinions of Dave McGuire and Liam Proven,
it seems difficult to figure out exactly which is more useful because they
seem so angry at each other.
I only noticed this in a subsequent quote today.
I was irritated, yes, but I was trying /very/ hard to be calm, polite
and reasonable. I was the one getting abused, not dispensing it.
We could use a
bit of "Barn Raising".
What does that mean?