Posted by AMenz on August 18, 2001, at 23:41:12
In reply to Re: Look at Dr. Bob's message above » pennie lane, posted by NikkiT2 on August 10, 2001, at 14:00:01
Boy, welcome to the age of conformity. Have Americans become incapable of discourse or dissent? Is it a litghning will strike you if you don't fall into line.
I think the ability to criticize and vent frustration, and have it be tolerated is extremely important for a society. The seed of repression are planted in the type of soil where people have become either too scared or too nonchalant to tolerate dissent.
I'm sure Dr. Bob is big enough and intelligent enough to take criticism well. Isn't that right Dr. Bob. And I did think the comment a little pompous, but that doesn't mean I don't like Dr. Bob.
Dr. Bob feels free to give feedback to behavior he does not approve of. We should take our cue from him since he is obviously a healthy individual with good judgment.
> > The title of his self-critique about this site is funny too ... "The *Best* of Both Worlds."
> >
> > http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/research.html
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> > I wonder where he is? Maybe out standing in his field?
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> > Whether he is right or wrong about his level of support, sometimes a preferred practice in dealing with delusional individuals is to treat them as if their world view makes sense, at least to them.
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> > Since he is not here to defend himself or to extinguish flames, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and presume that he thinks he does an outstanding job. I'm sure he can find people to reinforce that view. Maybe the rest of you can treat Jen's opinion and mine at least as internally consistent, from our point of view, even though you might disagree.
> >
> > (for the archival record, since the HTML page will obviously change, Dr. Hsuing left this message at the top of the page on or about Aug. 7:
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> > Psycho-Babble on Autopilot
> > Hi, everyone. For the next week, I'm going to be offline -- and therefore not overseeing these boards like I usually do. During that time:
> >
> > Please treat this community with extra care.
> > Be aware that you may or may not receive the usual outstanding level of support.
> > If there are any uncivil posts, I'll deal with them when I'm back. If people let me know about them by email, I'll be able to zero in on them more quickly then. Thanks!)
> >
> >
> > > Aaw, come on, Jenny. I think he was trying to be funny. Give him the benefit of doubt.
> > >
> > > Ted
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> > >
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> > > > Look at that message from Dr. Bob above, to be aware that during his being away we won't receive the usual "outstanding level of support." I've just about had it with the holier than thou attitude of "professionals." You won't be getting my usual "outstanding" job. I thought he was different. They're all pompous.
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