On 27 Jun 2005 15:41:23 -0700, "bb" wrote:
wrote:
Leo wrote:
On 26 Jun 2005 18:08:19 -0700, wrote:
What's your suggestion?
The way I see it, you have two options:
1. Continue to be suckered in to foolish arguments.
2. Do not continue to be suckered in to foolish arguments.
OK so far.
Option 1 is expensive - you become a possession of those who goad you
in to responding. A puppet, as it were, dancing at the end of
someone's strings....
That's your spin on it - does not address what actions you suggest *I*
take.
Option 2 is much more difficult than Option 1 - it requires the
intelligence to recognize a legitimate argument from bait, and
considerable inner strength to resist the drive to respond, even when
you know you are in the right.
So what do you suggest *I* do?
Owned or free.
That's your spin.
The path you choose will be entirely up to you.
So there *is* a choice!
Choose wisely!
Wise by whose standards?
How would such a choice be demonstrated in concrete, practical terms?
What actions do you suggest?
73 de Jim, N2EY
And so Grasshopper hesitates. Asks many questions. Must be told what
he is to do, rather than just do what he is told.
The pebble is withdrawn and Grasshopper is none the richer and none the
wiser.
Ah - it is true, he has missed the pebble. Again. (sigh)
But take heart - perhaps there is a greater treasure to be attained.
Perhaps, by missing the little pebble he is but one step closer to the
final destination.
He must decide.
73, Leo
