Posted by SLS on October 28, 2012, at 12:49:01
In reply to Re: Academic exercise. » SLS, posted by Dinah on October 28, 2012, at 11:01:47
> To object to incivility and counter it is one thing. I intend to do that myself. But you'll never convince him of your point of view.
Which of my many points of view are you referring to here?
> And to try just hurts you,
Dinah - you don't know that.
> and the peacefulness of the board.
If my posts remain civil, but manage to hurt the peacefulness of the board, why would you lobby me to discontinue such behavior?
> I tried myself, and have given up entirely.
It is not my objective to change Lou so much as it is to offer challenges to his contentions and conclusions regarding the use of psychiatric drugs in the practice of psychiatry. I consider my agenda here to be in the best interests of the health of the board. I could be wrong, of course.
> I fear that often people see Lou's posts as the result of maliciousness. Perhaps I'm wrong. But people respond as if he's intentionally setting out to upset them.I can understand how people might react that way. It would be like my calling Lou Pilder mentally ill. If I were to do so, it would not be out of malice. However, I am under the impression that Lou would think that it was. He might even conclude that I am intentionally setting out to upset him. I am not.
> I think it might be helpful to point out his actual motivations. In this culture, people might consider that indicative of mental illness. In other cultures, it likely would not have been perceived that way.
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> However people perceive it, whether as a mission from God or a delusion, I think it might lead to less on board discord to understand Lou's motivations.It does not take an explanation of perceived divine revelations to assert that Lou Pilder's intentions are honorable rather than malicious. Do you think it possible that Lou has delusions, or is it only other people who do? Would it be uncivil to suggest such a thing?
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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