Rarebird,
You are doing a disservice to the readers of this thread in the manner that you have conducted your replies to Richard lately.
The following answers that you respond with to explain an incorrect or confused state of awareness in Richard is great for students taking advanced class Life 505, but here on this thread most folks want to read replies that self contain start to finish the question, reasoning and conclusion without any lingering afterthoughts of the sort of "What the heck did he/she say?."
Except for one or two that occasionally visit this thread for the sole purpose to bash you since you threaten them, all others respect your ability to incorporate through understanding those aspects of life that are not accessible to most and require the degree of learning you have obtained in your Doctor of Philosophy issuance. Now add to that condition an ability to incorporate Common Sense and you have a unique person that carries the label rarebird that indicates a combination of two or more desirable traits not usually existing together as one has a tendency to dominate and not allow growth in other areas.
Examples of answers that sound simple but are too complex.
Change is the Reality Get in Touch with Reality The World is much more complex than you think.
The following short story is untrue and is not accurate for this post, but it can be viewed as a starting point that hopefully will become an ending point for the battle in words between you and Richard so that a more of a union can be highlighted so that readers here can obtain what you both have to offer.
Once upon a time at the US Military Academy at West Point two men, rarebird and longone shared a room and together started classes.
The rarebird saw a wealth of knowledge in the textbooks, while longone saw a wealth of knowledge outside the books.
Rarebird would spend his time in the library reading, while longone spent his time studing models of battle of wars, and used those objects to represent "what if."
Eventually years passed and each became a general, and it was in the Great War of II.5 that each held command, with rarebird stationed in the rear as a strategist and longone in the war zone as a line commander.
Yes, rarebird would supply tactics to longone, and longone with reply back with balony.
Conflict.
Rarebird knew what was the correct way, but longone was actually there each day looking at the carnage in person real time on the battle fields, while rarebird read the reports and seperated this element out as having no use to decide what to do next. But longone was horrified with what he saw and wanted to allocate resources to prevent any more occurance of it. Longone was in a short term mode, as in now, while rarebird saw events to lead to a conclusion down the road to prepare for the next great war.
Both are needed, but before their efforts can be combined and used as two parts needed for a complete whole, they have to communicate rather than ......
doug |