----- Original Message -----
From: "timothy connolly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: dehumanization
> carol becker stated "the fastest way to dehumanize a
> person is to call them a name". of course she is
> right.
>
> this is politics going on here and it seems to me the
> whole process has become inherently dehumanizing.
>
> aside: i hate the work "folks". i hear a number of
> people toss it around on this list. i find it to be
> incredibly condescending.
>
> what started this whole thread was Barb Lickness'
> little mistake revealing her machiavellianism.
> oops! another name.
>
> i agree with our list manager. this is stupid. i for
> one hope to keep my feet out of my mouth. i'm quite
> possibly one of the worst culprits on this list but
> the way i figure it is we are all (presumably) adults
> and ought to be able to handle this sort of name
> calling.
> i am frankly more comfortable with wizard calling barb
> a neo-nazi than with all the back-biting that is bound
> to be going on behind this list.
HEY! GET IT SRAIGHT! Wizard called NO ONE a neo-nazi. I did not call, but
strongly implied that Lickness was affiliated with a group I think are
neo-nazis--I was not explicit.
Wizard, in her wizdom, saw fit to post a PRIVATE message to teh group.
That's how all ths started.. Maks may be many things, some of which may be
described by using some of those forbidde n names, but in this case
wshe is innocent of your mistaken charges.
If you have a problem with it, deal with me OFF GROUP, where the whole thing
began. (See how dirty tricks can backfire Wiz?)
As far as dehumanization goes, little is more dehumanizing than placing
billions of miles of wire, plastic and other electronic gear between you and
another. The act of using this email group to attempt communicating with
others is dehumanizing. It especially so when the participants don't bother
to READ the emails carefully and make egregious errors in interpretation as
you did.
Dave Dix
Phillips
Precinct 6
zi.
>
> i've sort of meandered off into nowhere here in a vain
> attempt to score points. tells me its time for an
> intentional walk.
>
> i'm feeling like a stupid idiot dehumanizing himself.
>
> cheers
>
> tim connolly
> ward 7
>
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