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Originally Posted by Supple Cow
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Thank you for putting forward what Carno did not. I make the assumption that he thinks that I subscribe to that same thing as well. I never bothered to read the whole thread I stopped at the very beginning since at that time I had other things pulling at my attention.
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I have not been arguing that posts shouldn't be evaluated on their own merit; in fact, my protestations are to argue exactly the opposite - that posts should be evaluated for their merit. But to what end? To form an opinion about that person and his/her contributions. I think anybody who denies that is fooling himself. Think of why your friends and loved ones are your friends and loved ones... isn't it the same reason? Because they have given you many reasons over time (countless events) to trust and love them. In Hal's version, we ignore what we know about a person and each post is an island... but then we are challenged to judge a post's merit. This is truly a conundrum. How can we be take a good reputation as motivation to post in a respectable fashion if we are at the same time eschewing the notion of a reputation?
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That's the cup that I drink from... Carno and Halx may choose differently for themselves. Personal experience in deepening relationships with people begs for sometimes sips and sometimes deep gulps from that cup.
thank you Carno for saying what you meant (inside joke if you can recall it PM me if you don't get it) and SC for taking the time.
/threadjack
So did you call her like you said you would?
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 04-15-2007 at 05:45 AM..
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