To: The Philosopher who wrote (4039 ) 5/22/2002 11:14:33 PM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5315 Guess my question better asked is to wonder if those on iHub learn from examples of the "absolute" power of those people who actually own iHub as a private company to do whatever they feel is in the best interest of their privatelly own company. or For myself knowing that some folks will smile at me and tell me that they wish goodness upon me, are just waiting for me to turn my back "in trust" towards them so they can... etc. or Many folks with high abilities to create learn at an early age that they also have high abilities to destroy creations of others, and if they have twisted brain cell connections and receive pleasure observing the destruction of people's spirit as a direct result of their causing that person's accomplishments to crash & burn, then what comes across as hate, but is something different, can be sugar coated so that others get the message that this person is trying to help you succeed or help you avoid a road to ruin. . Most, as in 95%, or the personal attacks on this thread or Si as a whole are not of a hateful nature but folks that have very well developed intellect wthout any challenges in the world they live in outside Si. Unfortunitely after a while neither side can obtain that position of self-greatness by winning arguments so that they obtain a First Place Award, then it becomes hateful in exchanges out of frustration, not real hate. . Best to qualify this a little and state that certain people really really enjoy the pain & suffering of others to a point that they can honestly say "nothing personnal" you just happen to appear in my sights. A subset of these folks find it difficult to plot and plan events to cause this hurt & suffering of a human's thoughts, so they do it indirectly by targeting an object of a person for destruction. a.k.a. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm d:oug