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Nothing inherently wrong with being a rebel

Posted by Major Paine on February 07, 2004 at 10:16:30

In Reply to: OK - I think I'm getting the picture better posted by Acheick on February 07, 2004 at 09:22:19:

In my book, rebels play a good role. There is nothing inherently wrong with acting by impulse either. The same thing is true with having a dialogue. Combining all of these things, one can have a lively conversation, with mistakes and all, even temporary animosity. What rescues or sinks the boat is the existence or absence of good faith.

When a person comes up to a topic and tries to murk it or hide it by talking about other things, one could hardly call it a dialogue, or exchange of ideas, or even conversation. What I call it is manipulation attempt and serves no constructive purpose.