On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 01:25:11PM -0400, bofh wrote: > One interesting thing I have noticed about some Americans is the need > to expose their opinions, no matter how right or wrong, *or > unnecessary* > > They honestly believe their opinions are of value and everyone should > listen to them, without any qualifications. > > I blame the education system that places a priority on self esteem (at > least one state has an actual law where the school *must* promote a > student up to the next grade after a kid has been in a grade for 3 > years, even if the kid refuses to learn and constantly fails - reason > - it could hurt their self esteem if you hold them back too much)
indeed (and yes, I'm born, raised and still American. U.S. American even). > On 7/4/10, Brent Shumacher <brent.shumac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What started off as fishing for philosophical discussion has turned > > into either personal attacks or narcissistic explanations for rude > > behavior. So there is something valuable in the piece that I linked > > to, regardless of what anyone may label it. > > > > Lack of time to waste does not necessitate incivility. Asperger > > Syndrome, maybe, but not lack of time. and now who's throwing "personal attacks"? see, I'm wasting my time thanks to you, Brent Schumacher. -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
