Ummm--- I'm not sure what you're blessing me for, but thank you. I was kinda agreeing with jbe, I thought-- in a way. Well, hmm- no, wait-I wasn't agreeing with anyone. I don't even understand why this has gotten to be an argument with Michael getting on jbe so hard--- you and jbe seemed pretty sanguine about your discussion --- at least there were smiley faces.
Unless those were fakey smiles.
And really your teeth were clenched.
Maybe we need an emoticon for "insincere smile"?
Well, anyway- it seemed pretty simple to me. Joan was saying that politics belongs on the threads of those same topics and that she was wondering why you would bring them to Feelies when you'd already written them somewhere else more appropriate. ANd you said, oh they were about several things, not just politics--- and all of a sudden, Michael erupted (what WERE you thinking Michael??)
I think Feelies has gotten kinda weighted down a bit lately on the specific political issue end. (SInce everyone is expressing feelings and opinions, I'm bored and might as well, too.) THis is fine, but originally there was more variety in the topics. While Michael and CGB may have gone at it tooth and nail, the rest of us were still talking about other stuff. People often followed one train of thought or argument and ignored the rest. THomas and I often feel we write for ourselves, and we don't worry a whole lot if we're boring people to tears or not. As MIchael said, there's a NEXT button.
My mother drove my husband insane. She had these ideas about things, and they could be totally off the wall. He would carefully explain to her why she was wrong, and she would listen and nod, and then the next time the topic came up, she'd say exactly what she'd always said.
On the other hand, she had a whole lot of experience with people and life that we didn't have and over the years he and I have come to realize she was a lot more accurate in her own not always logical way than he gave her credit for. And that holding post grad. degrees didn't guarantee common sense.
THey loved and respected the strengths of the other a lot, even when they completely disagreed.
Maybe the past has just taken on the rosy hue of nostalgia, but I think we enjoyed each other's differences more than we seem to now. SOmetimes I'm afraid to make feelings statements or comments because I'll be confronted by a demand for my source or corrected because I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about.
Well, there. DOne. |
