WB discussion and war

[Brian L Massey]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:10:45 -0400 Scot Sealander
<Sealand at clarityconnect.com> writes:

> Why is it that some people can see the problem and source of 
> irritation
> so clearly, yet other struggle to see what is going on?  Let me 
> repeat
> Arnaud's words:
> 
> "You can NOT interpret the EUA as you see fit, just because in your
> opinion it's a small violation."
> 
> There we go, that is what we are arguing about.  To me it is simple 
> and
> clear, and don't understand why most all the list does not speak up 
> and
> agree with this small but very important detail.

I'm afraid (and pretty convinced from the split so far) that what we are
seeing is a basic difference in people's attitude about the activities of
the list, and their participation in it.

I'll put it in high-brow terms so if someone wants to exercise their
powers of denial, they won't have to strain too hard.

Partnership and symbiosis are based on mutual respect/benefit &
agreement, and *that* part of the relationship is -most- important to
some participants, because they know the success of their cooperation
depends on it; opportunism and parasitism depend only on being in the
right place at the right time, and to those participants, the
unconditional availability of goodies is -all- that matters.

So I would modify what Bruce puckered-up awhile back, "givers and
takers". I'd say you are seeing the classic difference between "partners
and parasites". The distinction doesn't depend on what you've "given", so
much as how you view the process of the exchange. I think that's what
Bruce was getting at too. Partners function on mutual agreement;
parasites consider agreements just an annoying obstacle to getting
whatever they want.

BLM
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