Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 07:20:04 11/08/98
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On November 07, 1998 at 15:10:37, Bruce Moreland wrote: >Moritz has brought it back on line for one final (maybe) go, via an often-used >rhetorical technique known as the dramatic exit. He knows how to send email to >the moderators and he knows how to send mail to to Steven Schwartz, so if he had >simply wanted his account removed he could have requested that this be done by >sending another email, rather than posting to the group. >That he posted this to the group indicates that he wanted the group to read it >and be affected by it. Right. Pure exhibitionism. If you have to quit, go. but remain silent. completely your opinion. >I interpret this as another public volley in our argument, and a very unfair >one, right. it is a misuse of CCC and the charta of CCC. >since rather than discussing the issues involved, there is an implicit >attempt to destroy the whole framework of the discussion, and to cast blame on >the other party and make them suffer consequences for this. Exactly. >Taking your ball and going home, as a result of an argument on the playfield, is >rarely about just suddenly getting the urge to go home. It is done when your >arguments are not having the desired effect. E X A C T L Y ! >It is an attempt to change the >outcome of the argument by hurting the people who aren't involved directly in >the argument. genau ! > You make them suffer because you have taken your ball, in the >hopes that they will try to talk you into coming back, and/or to try to get them >to beat the hell out of the person who you were arguing with. right. >bruce
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