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

To: Solon who wrote (65289)	11/2/2002 9:19:49 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If it was sincere it would obviously change a lot. I'm sorry, it's not obvious at all to me. That's why I asked. Could you spell it out for me? The only impact that's obvious to me would be on Poet's internal disposition of the experience. An apology might also affect how some posters treat CH, or it might not. (And it might bring Neo back, a condition that arose subsequent to my asking the question.) Do you think that the apology would bring an end to the endless discussion of this subject? That an apology would fix any of the interpersonal rifts that have occurred over it? That posters would stick to their new alliances or return to old alliances? Do you think that posters would be less hair-trigger sensitive and testy? Would the tone of the discussion change to chirpy chatter or earnest debate? Would we have more or fewer participants and posts?

To: Solon who wrote (65289)	11/2/2002 12:46:44 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

it would obviously change a lot. Bald assertions without any evidence are not what Karen was looking for. What do you think it would change, and how? It might make Poet decide to post here, but she can do that anyhow. It's not the apology per se that would do that. She is free to decide to do that now. Whether she wants a red balloon, or a blue baboon, or a purple giraffe, or an apology, what's the difference? And would an apology suddenly make jla and laz and E and the others, including sometimes yourself, in the hate gang change their attitudes and apologize for all the hateful things they have done and said? Nope. All it would do would be to give Poet an increased sense that she can have power over other peoples lives and make them dance to whatever tune her emotional outbursts are demanding this week.. Which IMO is not a good thing.