[Vision2020] Re: Sunil defends the closed mind.............

Fri May 19 03:30:19 PDT 2006

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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Several of the fair-minded and reasonable 
folks on this forum have tried to clarify for Tony the 
difference between silencing someone and deciding, on an individual level, they are not worth 
listening or responding to.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Let me be very clear.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I have spent an inordinate amount 
of time working with court ordered juvenile delinquents. Like 
Tony, they were often bright. And, like Tony, they were foul mouthed, vicious, had no verbal 
boundaries, loved to provoke others, and when challenged they generally shrieked &quot;You are 
violating my rights!! You can't stop listening to me!!&quot;. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Since I have no control over Tony, 
he is free to shriek his fool head off. I, on the other hand, am 
free to bozo filter him while imagining him in a locked isolation room, urinating in the corner, 
throwing feces on the wall, and shouting that nobody pays attention to him even though he is 
thoughtful and charming....</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I filtered Donovan for exactly the 
same reason; though Donavan on a good day is <i>capable</i> of 
decency and thought, he too has no idea how far is too far. I filtered Ed and Dick because I 
just can't listen to any more phobic self-referencing dudes. They make me tired, and it does 
nothing, zero, zip, nada, nil to try discourse with folks who can't input new data.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Mostly, I don't post to V2020. Sometimes, 
however, some troglodite just pushes me too far. 
The covers on my &quot;buttons&quot; are frayed, and they can only be pushed so long and so hard. I 
still find it useful to read most posts, sometimes especially from those with whom I sincerely 
disagree. Those folks have often provided me with new info, and I have been known to change 
an opinion or three in my longish life.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> It's still good to be able to put 
in those earplugs when the kiddies are embarking on a rant....</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Annoying brats remain brats until 
they finally figure it out, regardless of age. Some never do.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Debi R-S</span></font></div>
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