Marcus G. Daniels wrote at 09/17/2012 05:07 PM: > In this way, tolerance can be mapped to organizational rules. If the > abuse is described by shared rules there's a mechanism to stop the > abuse. If it is not described by shared rules, the (silent) bullied > individuals need to work to make their organization serve their needs > better -- or be better at being invisible -- or change their philosophy.
As usual, I'm compelled to disagree even though I agree with everything you said. ;-) Perhaps the bullied (or misidentified troll) serves a purpose to the group? And perhaps it's in both the group's and the victim's best interest to maintain the status quo. Hence, the bullied need to tolerate or even encourage the bullies to bully more. This might be a way to understand that strange desire on the part of some protesters to be pepper sprayed and roughed up by paramilitary riot police. What better way to stimulate the mirror neurons of your peers than to exacerbate the bullying? Go ahead. Taunt that cop! -- glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
