Posted by Dr. Bob on November 23, 2003, at 0:10:10
In reply to Re: offering help » Dr. Bob, posted by Larry Hoover on November 22, 2003, at 20:11:30
> > > One of the problems in this Babble environment is that I have no choice about continuing to interact....not really....because I can't do something as obvious as activating a killfile, or blocking the sender from appearing on my computer, or blocking threads once I identify them as troublesome.
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> > No, but you can not read their posts...
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> I think your solution is demonstrably flawed. If it was that simple, there would be nobody hurt by any of this. Moreover, as I said, it spreads like ripples across a pond. We're like objects dangling from a mobile, each quite separate, yet attached. You can't move one object without all the objects moving. A big event cannot be ignored by simply turning one's head.Feeling hurt is one thing. Yes, events will cause ripples. But continuing to interact is another. Posters have some ability, unlike components of a mobile, to control how affected they are by ripples -- and to what extent they propagate them.
Bob
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