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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: The Philosopher who wrote (65401)11/2/2002 11:29:12 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
Fascinating.

"They all want a Poet wins, CHH loses. And that's not going to happen.

I have a different view of what "they all want." Having watched this from the beginning, I can say objectively that there were people who didn't care for Poet at the time when this began. They just wanted to help clear the air on this. What they wanted was not a win for poet and a lose for CH. Whether people were Poet's close friend or worst enemy or nuetral, most have at one time or another offered good and decent advise.

You have played everybody to position your self to be in a win position from the start and up until now. Frankly Chris it is a no win situation.

Since the beginning, I recognize that you have lost favour and the respect of several posters. I don't think you have won any prestige with the common community here over the past couple of years (X may be an exception but I have not seen her say so). Some of the posters have expressed their frustration with you and have labeled your character in very uncomplimentary terms. You have done little to prove them wrong.

I don't see where you have anything left to lose by standing up where your responsibility and character is at issue. Actually, I didn't from the start. I see the potential (albeit not a guarantee) that through a sincere effort toward gentleness and expressions of remorse you have a great deal to gain.

That is all that you have to win (redemtion) and I see no loss for you in this scenario. The problem is, and the confusion for many is how you do see the same thing as a loss. However the fact that you do see it that way makes any suggestion of apologies seem like shallow gamesmanship. I doubt whether that will lead to any improvement. Obviously no one else on the thread has endorsed the strategic apologies approach but you. That should give you a clue about how "They all" look at this.

The score remains:
CH lost/losing again/losing more/no where but down to go.
Everybody else / tired of it

Poet remains to be seen as she has always been as a poster. Sometimes creative and personal, sometimes testy, usually interesting. She has lost nothing by all of this and is not likely to be seen as winning anything if you ever decide to stand up and behave like a gentleman.
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