Voltaire's Child
Fool on the Hill
Well, maybe I'm just expressing it more distinctly. (note: I didn't say "clearly").
You may've seen me talk about this before, if so, forgive the rerun, but when I first got on the 'net on other discussion groups years ago, I was appalled at how evil (I thought) critics were. So then I decided that just because (I thought) they were SPs, didn't mean I should be mean to them and hurt their feelings. So I ended up listening to them and talking to them (on a.r.s.). And, of course, found that they were just individuals. Some I could converse with, some, well, didn't go so well. But still, individuals, not 20% (I was accused by the HCO guy at my old org for "helping the 20% and not the 80%" which I thought was sooo stupid.) whatevers or 2.5%ers. Just people.
So it's a matter of degree with anybody anywhere.
Then going over to some FZ forums was also enlightening. Awesome wonderful people who didn't care if I criticized Hubbard cheek by jowl with people who screamed and howled at my not typing "LRH" instead of "Hubbard" and didn't like my "Ron bashing" and endorsement of "mixing methods".
So life's a matter of degree. Every nice person is sometimes a jerk and just about every jerk can be very nice on occasion. My husband says people are a mixed bag. (mixed bags? plural?)
And of course I can't reply to anything in less than a gazillion words when a few dozen or so would have done just as well...
You may've seen me talk about this before, if so, forgive the rerun, but when I first got on the 'net on other discussion groups years ago, I was appalled at how evil (I thought) critics were. So then I decided that just because (I thought) they were SPs, didn't mean I should be mean to them and hurt their feelings. So I ended up listening to them and talking to them (on a.r.s.). And, of course, found that they were just individuals. Some I could converse with, some, well, didn't go so well. But still, individuals, not 20% (I was accused by the HCO guy at my old org for "helping the 20% and not the 80%" which I thought was sooo stupid.) whatevers or 2.5%ers. Just people.
So it's a matter of degree with anybody anywhere.
Then going over to some FZ forums was also enlightening. Awesome wonderful people who didn't care if I criticized Hubbard cheek by jowl with people who screamed and howled at my not typing "LRH" instead of "Hubbard" and didn't like my "Ron bashing" and endorsement of "mixing methods".
So life's a matter of degree. Every nice person is sometimes a jerk and just about every jerk can be very nice on occasion. My husband says people are a mixed bag. (mixed bags? plural?)
And of course I can't reply to anything in less than a gazillion words when a few dozen or so would have done just as well...