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  • Less Arrogance and More Humility
      • Mum
      Posted Sep 3, 2004 3:34 PM

      Hi Mangi Nating,

      I applaud your efforts and dedication to the discussion of important issues; the brainstorming of different people can often be very constructive. Personally; I would rather not enter into any discussion or debate with you because you come across as arrogant and very "set in your attitude"; you seem to try and subdue others with "assumed logic and wisdom". Basically; I think you will find it very hard to get anyone to partake of a discussion with you because of the superior attitude you take with anyone who responds to your postings; almost as if you are "lowering yourself" to entertain them. The way you dissect everything said and make comment on small extracts from an overall comment is both demeaning and disrespectful of the intelligence of the person who wrote it; like you are inferring that they don't remember what they wrote!

      If you want to be a Lord or a King; my meagre suggestion would be to find yourself a Kingdom where people want to be "Lorded over". Sorry wantok; but I am merely trying to be truthful; read your own postings and imagine that it was you on the receiving end - I doubt whether you would like to be spoken to in that way. A simple comment is far more effective (and understandable to all) than a page of philosophical self-grandiose psychobabble.

      Respect for the opinions of others is a necessary part of effective communication; I feel that you are "talking at" people, rather than "talking to" them.
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