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

To: epicure who wrote (59726)	9/24/2002 5:16:50 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Well. I do not see a problem with recognising "who" people are based on observations in one setting or another and in being able to substantiate certain character traits by observations that bare out some level of consistancy over a period of time and across several settings. Certainly we have seen enough posting by one another to identify genuinness, sincerety, fascetiousness, sillyness, friendliness, obstinancy, hostility, etc...leaving some room for misunderstanding and its remediation. "I don't assume that I know the real you or anything like it from what is here." No one here has made a point that there is a "real you" that is knowable according to some rigid standard but you; and you have refused to qualify your standard. You imply that others are making these rigid determinations of knowing some absolute "real you" yet most of us have indicated that this is not any of our varied positions. ", I figure you'd be wildly different from anything I imagine." I am sure that if you wanted to know more about me than what I share on this thread (and if I were inclined to reveal more...not) you would find some things wildly different than any presumptions you may have formed. I, however, have confidence that none would discount anything that I have presented as my on-line persona. "I'm pretty sure you are even more wrong about me, than I would be about you." I can not imagine what you mean by "wrong." I have only commented on your positions and don't know anything about your circumstance, experience and ways of socializing, beyond what you have shared. If those items were honest, what do you expect me to be wrong about. To me knowing someone is not an issue of being right or wrong about them but simply having a deeper or lesser understanding of their "who." Misunderstandings do occur and misjudgements are made but they primarily occur because of a lack of wording or poor wording. That is easily cleared up among willing and reasonable people.