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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (58821)	9/18/2002 8:58:41 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

That is very interesting. There is a difference between not liking personas and perceiving them as hostile and dangerous. Most personas I do not like very much, but i don't perceive them as adversaries, or dangerous to me in any way. On the other hand some people clearly DO think this place has real villains- and villainy that transcends the boundaries of SI. If it is just ideas, here, on SI, then I don't get that transmutation. I think SI is a proxy for many things. For some people it clearly is a boxing ring- where they can be as aggressive as they want to be- all the time. For the most part those people want to fight, and foment a fighting mentality in their friends- whether against other personas, or against public figures they are equally upset at (in a very personal way, it seems to me- everything is VERY personal for such people). I enjoy sometimes seeing people move in predictable ways, as if this were a game of chess, and seeing them end up flailing because of a poor opening gambit. But I can't say I look for enemies here. I know there are people who think they are my enemies. I can't imagine what is important enough about a persona for them to think that- no matter how much I despise a persona, it doesn't carry into imagining the real life person anymore. That strikes me as just too foolish. But chacon a son gout.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (58821)	9/19/2002 6:02:38 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

"Well (sigh), every persona is different" You and the letter "X" seem very confused as to what persona means! Persona means "actor's mask". It was coined by Jung to describe the public image people project in society. Society demands many roles of people. The public image is the face one wears in society. It has nothing to do with any alternate names a person uses in society, nor was it coined with the internet in mind. It is primarily visual and observable. It is how people present their public image in the face-to-face world. It is how they act and behave in front of others. It is how you act with your grocer, and your dentist, and your banker, and the boys in the tavern. it is your public face. It is the roles you play in 3d. It is your title; it is your dress and manner. It is quite fanciful to attempt to project it into the abstract world of SI where emphasis is on sharing of thoughts and feelings and where there is no social role to play, in that the social details are more or less concealed as a safety measure and to preserve ones private and family life from unnecessary intrusiveness. If a person IS bringing their persona to SI, then it is even more of an admission that even more of what belongs to that person is being shared here! If such is indeed possible, then it is an admission that the person has sucessfully brought his public image over to SI! If the letter "X" is projecting her persona here then she is revealing exactly what she reveals in her community on a daily basis--her public face or image! You are probably both better off going back to the pretense that your alternate name is a biological entity...;-)