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It is inevitable that it takes a while for new people to pitch their comments (or diaries) at the right level. There is an apparent sense of freedom at ET that encourages people to speak out - and I have no objection to that.
I say 'apparent' because in any community there develop unwritten rules of behaviour which can be both supportive and repressive. Because they are unwritten, it is hard for a newcomer to discover them. They are only revealed by engagement. You can't be me, I'm taken
I'm a fan of participatory economics and First Monday seems interesting.
It's just that he keeps going off on one (but not at me personally--I'm pretty sure of that) and I...er...wanted to echo his tone back to him...humorously was my intention...because when he's not in CAPS LOCK--boldface--"I have a thin skin for EVIL" mode....(I have a thin skin for evil...issa classic. I really would love to read a diary by richardk on the subject of
EVIL!
...t'would make interesting--and hopefully humorous--reading I think, though I could be wrong.)
Overall, it seems he has been a troll elsewhere (hat tip to balbuz)...and, well, my working definition of a troll is a person who seeks to derail...hmmm...the narrative line...in unwanted ways, in richardk's case by becoming suddenly offensive to posters. So I became suddenly offensive to him. But I honestly don't think he was ever offensive to me. Or maybe I just forgot? Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
But now I see you're pi in the sky: 3.14
Here it is again.
3.14! Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
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