12-18-2008, 08:27 AM
mikeylikesit wrote:
A number of disassociated people who come to a similar conclusion about something or someone may appear to be but isn't necessarily a pile on. If I assert: "kj likes playing victim" and others agree, is that a pile on?
Just to be clear, I've not asserted I'm the victim of anything. Just because I don't like something doesn't make me a victim in any conceivable way (where did that even come from?). Similarly, I find davester's argument (if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen) similar to the "if you don't like _blank_, you can move to canada" argument. Just because I complain about one aspect of the forum, doesn't mean I'm condemning the whole thing. As to the last point, if that's Swampy's aim, you guys certainly indulge her. I don't know whether I'd call that real pragmatic, in that you're encouraging what you hate, but whatever. kj.