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

To: Lane3 who wrote (59293)	9/20/2002 8:11:00 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The actions we do take include, as I just mentioned... I agree that everything you listed here are "actions." But at that point, everything becomes nothing. For example, if I post, "Here is an article I thought would interest the thread" .... I have taken an action. The mere fact that I typed those words becomes an action. The fact that I hit the "publish" button is another action. I don't disagree with that interpretation at all, but it makes "words versus actions" meaningless. Those who insist that actions speak louder than words must now take the floor to explain and defend their position, especially with respect to the SI venue. (I wish you could take the action of humming that song so I can hear it, as I don't think I know that one.)

To: Lane3 who wrote (59293)	9/20/2002 11:53:50 PM
From: E	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

I've scanned the actions vs words exchanges and don't get what it's about, but maybe I just didn't read enough of them. It reminded me, though, of the discussion of whether the people we know on SI we know in a "real" way. Whether SI is "real," in a way. And I heard on the radio a few days ago that several of the men who had died in the twin towers had had, it turned out, two families. A second, secret one. Amazing, really. It's resulted in lawsuits to enable the biological children (DNA will prove it) of the men who died to take advantage of the education funds, etc. I think that we know very little about people, who are always 'selecting,' and 'censoring,' either here or in 3D, for the most part. But I do feel I know a lot more about those I've talked to, and read the thoughts of, and witnessed the reactions of, for years, here, than I do about some individuals I've known for twenty years in 3D. Facial expressions only go so far. Why am I positive that Neocon isn't a bigamist? That X doesn't have a boyfriend on the side? That kholt isn't a schizophrenic? Because, in a real if incomplete way, I "know" these people. But I don't know for certain any of those things about my ten nearest neighbors.