about the openness of minds

[Avery Todd]

Andre,

Thanks for a nicely written post. It puts some much-needed balance on the
current "hew-haw" that's been going on. Just as the old "saying" goes, "Never
discuss politics or religion in a bar". Maybe the same should apply here.

Just MHO.

Avery

At 04:46 PM 01/19/03 +0100, you wrote:

>On zondag, jan 19, 2003, at 14:11 Europe/Amsterdam, Richard Brekne wrote:
>
>>List
>>
>>I was under the impression that grown up humans could take a simple joke
>>and leave it at that, or at the very least air any beef one has with a
>>private person in private.
>>
>>I suppose I should have not posted that last Joke. Not so much because
>>it was or wasnt humorous to whom ever, but because obviously too many
>>simply cant handle a joke.
>>
>>Richard Brekne
>>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>>UiB, Bergen, Norway
>>mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
>>http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
>
>Ricardo mio,
>
>Tolerance goes hand in hand with an open mind and a developed conscience.
>If the curtains of one's  mind are only partially open, than the view is 
>restricted.
>We can not blame a person who 'se curtains obstruct the view to 'the 
>outside' but we should take their state of mind into consideration when we 
>address them.
>One of the problems of communication between us is that we are all in a 
>different state of development, comparable with a train with many cars. We 
>all belong temporarily to a certain train car, and if our conscience 
>changes for the better we move on.
>In our development we should never be negative about the past, as the 
>experiences of the past were absolutely necessary to form our present 
>state of mind.
>In stead, we all must try to become aware that there are many people in 
>all sorts of personal development and that we are all on the same train, 
>but temporarily in different cars.
>
>On this list we find of course the same variety of minds. You and I 
>understand each other because we are in the same train car so to speak, so 
>I take no offense at all in regard to your sense of humor (on the 
>contrary.. heheheh...), but others think differently and feel 
>insulted...and there we go for the umpteenth time!
>It shows again that certain issues should, apparently, be avoided here.
>I have had the very same experience on the Dutch e-mail forum : I like 
>jokes and sometimes I get sort of 'jelly' and maybe go a little too far....
>And then, after some time, a nasty small bomb hit me because one of the 
>members wrote an e-mail letter, for all to read, in which he proposed a 
>"forum police" to keep 'law and order'.
>It was then more than crystal clear to me that I had to change my behavior 
>(on that forum), which I did..I try to not be 'jelly' and will never make 
>anymore jokes (and it is - extremely - quiet there now).
>
>So...strictly business so to speak, because any 'funny deviation' will be 
>punished instantly, by some.
>
>It is disappointing, i understand, but tolerance is the key word for all 
>of us.
>
>friendly greetings from
>
>Antares,
>The netherlands
>
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>
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