Posted by Atticus on September 2, 2004, at 18:00:26
In reply to Re: Being Compassionate, posted by Dr. Bob on September 2, 2004, at 12:45:20
As you did before, through an attempt at verbal misdirection, at rhetorical sleight-of-hand, you've tried to shift the discussion thread from my focus, rule makers, to your own more authoritarian focus, rule breakers. If you're going to sidestep the issues I'm raising about your responsibilities as the keeper of this digital Skinner box -- where I increasingly feel like a lab rat under observation in this longitudinal study, like mere fodder for your academic articles and papers and presentations -- then I don't see how we can continue attempting to communicate. I'm moving along one thread and you're moving along a different one. I feel disappointed that my attempts to actually engage you and get you to ask yourself some hard questions about how the operationalization of this experiment might be enhanced have both seemed, to me, to end up as cases of irresistible force (me) meeting immovable object (you). It's really a pity. But if that's how you want it, then I consider any further attempts at discussion with you pointless. I do hope your IRB is keeping an eye on all this; you're dealing with immensely fragile people here for the most part, myself included, and if you aren't constantly asking yourself, "Am I handling this the best possible way?", then I could see this study potentially doing real harm to some Babble test subjects. It's been my experience in the real world that the level of empathy that a therapist brings to the table makes all the difference. Just some food for thought as you gaze down on us with binary eyes. Atticus
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